noun Download 🔗Share The act of increasing by natural growth; especially the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth. Examples : "The coral reef grew over many years due to the slow accretions of calcium carbonate. " biology organism process nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition Examples : "A mineral ... augments not by growth, but by accretion." amount process geology biology science Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Something added externally to promote growth the external growth of an item. Examples : "The coral reef grew larger over time due to the constant accretions of calcium carbonate. " material geology biology environment science Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Concretion; coherence of separate particles Examples : "the accretion of particles so as to form a solid mass" material geology science Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers or toes. Examples : "The doctor explained that the baby's hand showed unusual accretions; some of the fingers were fused together at birth. " anatomy medicine body physiology biology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The gradual increase of land by deposition of water-borne sediment. Examples : "The river's slow accretions gradually widened the farmland over many years. " geology environment geography nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The adhering of property to something else, by which the owner of one thing becomes possessed of a right to another; generally, gain of land by the washing up of sand or sail from the sea or a river, or by a gradual recession of the water from the usual watermark. Examples : "After years of gentle flooding, the farmer noticed valuable accretions of fertile soil along the riverbank, expanding his usable farmland. " property geology environment geography law Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Gain to an heir or legatee; failure of a coheir to the same succession, or a co-legatee of the same thing, to take his share percentage. Examples : "Since one of the siblings refused their inheritance share of the family business, the other siblings experienced significant accretions to their individual portions of the estate. " property law finance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
