collect or gather; Journals are accumulating in my office; The work keeps piling up
[ Syn: accumulate , cumulate , conglomerate , pile up , gather ]
get or gather together; I am accumulating evidence for the mans unfaithfulness to his wife; She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis; She rolled up a small fortune
[ Syn: roll up , collect , accumulate , pile up , compile , hoard ]