0 present participle of accumulate
1 to collect a large number of things over a long period of time:
As people accumulate more wealth, they tend to spend a greater proportion of their incomes.
The company said the debt was accumulated during its acquisition of nine individual businesses.
If you don't go through the papers on your desk on a regular basis, they just keep on accumulating.
It can be dangerous to let too much soot accumulate inside a chimney.
During a successful business career, she accumulated a great amount of wealth.
After a long career in the antiques trade, Harry had accumulated many rare treasures.
During our six years in this house, we seem to have accumulated an awful lot of junk.
Why don't you just do a little ironing every now and then, instead of letting it accumulate?
Presidential nominations are won by accumulating delegates from a sequential series of state-based primaries and caucuses.
We present a generalization technique which is particularly applicable when reasoning about functional programs involving accumulating parameters.
A second pass-a downwards accumulation- can fix the absolute positions by accumulating relative positions.
