Amass
[ə'mæs]
Definition
(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.
(n.) A mass; a heap.
Editor: Rosalie
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Accumulate, gather, aggregate, pile up, heap up, scrape together, collect together, rake up, gather into a heap or pile.
Typist: Rosa
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Collect, accumulate, aggregate, heap, gather, store_up, hoard, pile_up
ANT:Divide, dissipate, waste, scatter, disperse, parcel, portion, spend
Checker: Victoria
Definition
v.t. to gather in large quantity: to accumulate.—adjs. Amass′able.—pa.p. Amassed′.—n. Amass′ment.
Typist: Owen
Examples
- The canton of Berne is the single republic in Europe which has amassed any considerable treasure. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- If it has amassed a treasure, it may lend a part of that treasure, either to foreign states, or to its own subjects. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Year after year he quietly and modestly amassed money, and when at length that snug and complete bachelor's residence at No. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Is it not thus that fire is amassed, and makes the greatest part of the substance of combustible bodies? Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The authorities are excellent at amassing facts, though they do not always use them to advantage. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Mere amassing of information apart from the direct interests of life makes mind wooden; elasticity disappears. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- What now avails all my toil and labour in amassing honey-dew on this leaf, which I cannot live to enjoy? Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
Typist: Virginia