Definition of amass Amass
/ʌmæˈs/ - [umats] - a•mass
We found 11 definitions of amass from 6 different sources.
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| amass - get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune" | ||
| roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, compile, hoard | ||
| hive away, lay in, salt away, stack away, stash away, store, put in keep or lay aside for future use; "store grain for the winter"; "The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat" | ||
| run up pile up (debts or scores) | ||
| corral collect or gather; "corralling votes for an election" | ||
| pull in, collect of trains; move into (a station); "The bullet train drew into Tokyo Station" | ||
| scrape up, scrape, scratch, come up scratch repeatedly; "The cat scraped at the armchair" | ||
| chunk, lump put together indiscriminately; "lump together all the applicants" | ||
| bale make into a bale; "bale hay" | ||
| catch contract; "did you catch a cold?" | ||
| fund furnish money for; "The government funds basic research in many areas" | ||
| fund furnish money for; "The government funds basic research in many areas" | ||
| amass - collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up" | ||
| accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather | ||
| increase make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted" | ||
| backlog accumulate and create a backlog | ||
| accrete grow or become attached by accretion; "The story accreted emotion" | ||
| drift be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current; "snow drifting several feet high"; "sand drifting like snow" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- amass (v. t.)
To collect into a mass or heap; to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate; as, to amass a treasure or a fortune; to amass words or phrases. - amass (n.)
A mass; a heap.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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amass
To collect in one place, usually for a purpose. -
amass
To get or gather together. -
amass
To heap up; to collect or gather (e.g. work, magazines, etc.).
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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amass
a-mas′, v.t. to gather in large quantity: to accumulate.—adjs. Amass′able.—pa.p. Amassed′.—n. Amass′ment. [Fr. amasser—L. ad, to, and massa, a mass.]
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🔤- amass, verb, present, 1st person singular of amass (infinitive).
- amass, verb (infinitive).
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