ACCRETE

v. accumulate slowly, grow together, increase by joining together

Accretion is a process by which material is added to a tectonic plate. This material may be sediment, volcanic arcs, seamounts or other igneous features. When two tectonic plates collide, one of the plates may slide under the other. This process is called subduction. The plate which is being subducted (the plate going under), is floating on the asthenosphere and is pushed up and against the other plate.
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Verb
1. grow together (of plants and organs); "After many years the rose bushes grew together"
(hypernym) blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge
(classification) plant, flora, plant life
2. grow or become attached by accretion; "The story accreted emotion"
(hypernym) accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass
(derivation) accretion

(v. t.)
To make adhere; to add.
  

(v. i.)
To grow together.
  

(v. i.)
To adhere; to grow (to); to be added; -- with to.
  

(a.)
Grown together.
  

(a.)
Characterized by accretion; made up; as, accrete matter.
  

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