[{"word":"accretions","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The act of increasing by natural growth; especially the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"A mineral ... augments not by growth, but by accretion."},{"definition":"Something added externally to promote growth the external growth of an item.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Concretion; coherence of separate particles","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"the accretion of particles so as to form a solid mass"},{"definition":"A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers or toes.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The gradual increase of land by deposition of water-borne sediment.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The adhering of property to something else, by which the owner of one thing becomes possessed of a right to another; generally, gain of land by the washing up of sand or sail from the sea or a river, or by a gradual recession of the water from the usual watermark.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Gain to an heir or legatee; failure of a coheir to the same succession, or a co-legatee of the same thing, to take his share percentage.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["growth"],"antonyms":["attrition","decay","erosion"]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/accretion","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/accretions"]}]