"amass" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˈmæs/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-amass.ogg Forms: amasses [plural]
Rhymes: -æs Etymology: From Middle English *amassen (found only as Middle English massen (“to amass”)), from Anglo-Norman amasser, from Medieval Latin amassāre, from ad + massa (“lump, mass”). See mass. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*amassen}} Middle English *amassen, {{cog|enm|massen|t=to amass}} Middle English massen (“to amass”), {{der|en|xno|amasser}} Anglo-Norman amasser, {{der|en|ML.|amassāre}} Medieval Latin amassāre Head templates: {{en-noun}} amass (plural amasses)
  1. (obsolete) A large number of things collected or piled together. Tags: obsolete Synonyms: mass, heap, pile
    Sense id: en-amass-en-noun-xVV6evdc
  2. (obsolete) The act of amassing. Tags: obsolete
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Verb

IPA: /əˈmæs/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-amass.ogg Forms: amasses [present, singular, third-person], amassing [participle, present], amassed [participle, past], amassed [past]
Rhymes: -æs Etymology: From Middle English *amassen (found only as Middle English massen (“to amass”)), from Anglo-Norman amasser, from Medieval Latin amassāre, from ad + massa (“lump, mass”). See mass. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*amassen}} Middle English *amassen, {{cog|enm|massen|t=to amass}} Middle English massen (“to amass”), {{der|en|xno|amasser}} Anglo-Norman amasser, {{der|en|ML.|amassāre}} Medieval Latin amassāre Head templates: {{en-verb}} amass (third-person singular simple present amasses, present participle amassing, simple past and past participle amassed)
  1. (transitive) To collect into a mass or heap. Tags: transitive Synonyms (collect into a mass): heap up Translations (to collect into a mass or heap): جَمَعَ (jamaʕa) (Arabic), حَشَّدَ (ḥaššada) (Arabic), رَكَّمَ (rakkama) (Arabic), стру́пвам (strúpvam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), стру́пам (strúpam) [perfective] (Bulgarian), натру́пвам (natrúpvam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), съби́рам (sǎbíram) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), събера́ (sǎberá) [perfective] (Bulgarian), 積聚 (Chinese Mandarin), 积聚 (jījù) (Chinese Mandarin), hromadit [imperfective] (Czech), nahromadit [perfective] (Czech), kupit [imperfective] (Czech), nakupit [perfective] (Czech), amasigi (Esperanto), kasata (Finnish), kahmia (Finnish), amasser (French), s’amasser [intransitive] (French), ansammeln (German), zusammensammeln (German), zusammenklauben (German), anhäufen (German), amasigar (Ido), 積む (tsumu) (alt: つむ) (Japanese), 積もる (tsumoru) (alt: つもる) [intransitive] (Japanese), 쌓다 (ssata) (Korean), 쌓이다 (ssaida) [intransitive] (Korean), accumulō (Latin), mengumpulkan (Malay), साठवणे (sāṭhavṇe) (Marathi), gromadzić [imperfective] (Polish), zgromadzić [perfective] (Polish), amontoar (Portuguese), копи́ть (kopítʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), собира́ть (sobirátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), нака́пливать (nakáplivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), собира́ться (sobirátʹsja) [imperfective, intransitive] (Russian), ска́пливаться (skáplivatʹsja) [imperfective, intransitive] (Russian), нагроможда́ть (nagromoždátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), нагромозди́ть (nagromozdítʹ) [perfective, transitive] (Russian), нагроможда́ться (nagromoždátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), нагромозди́ться (nagromozdítʹsja) [intransitive] (Russian), kopiť [imperfective] (Slovak), nakopiť [perfective] (Slovak), hromadiť [imperfective] (Slovak), amasar (Spanish), acumular (Spanish), biriktirmek (Turkish), tyrru (Welsh), pentyrru (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-amass-en-verb-puDkrYiX Disambiguation of 'collect into a mass': 61 12 27 Disambiguation of 'to collect into a mass or heap': 78 7 15
  2. (transitive) to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate. Tags: transitive Synonyms (gather a great quantity of): accumulate
    Sense id: en-amass-en-verb-UIglMcna Categories (other): English terms with collocations Disambiguation of 'gather a great quantity of': 3 94 4
  3. (intransitive) To accumulate; to assemble. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-amass-en-verb-VMGgaRqV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: round up Derived forms: amassable, amasser, amassment, reamass Related terms: accumulate, lot
Synonyms: mound, pile, pile up, stack up, amound, collect, gather, hoard, amass, engross [obsolete], get up, intreasure [obsolete], niggard, packrat, rathole, squirrel away, uphoard [obsolete, rare]

Inflected forms

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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:amass",
      "word": "declutter"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:amass",
      "word": "distribute"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:amass",
      "word": "unhoard"
    }
  ],
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "reamass"
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      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "ML.",
        "3": "amassāre"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English *amassen (found only as Middle English massen (“to amass”)), from Anglo-Norman amasser, from Medieval Latin amassāre, from ad + massa (“lump, mass”). See mass.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "amasses",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amassing",
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        "participle",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amassed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "amassed",
      "tags": [
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "To collect into a mass or heap."
      ],
      "id": "en-amass-en-verb-puDkrYiX",
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        [
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        [
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        "(transitive) To collect into a mass or heap."
      ],
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          "_dis1": "61 12 27",
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        }
      ],
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      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "78 7 15",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "jamaʕa",
          "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
          "word": "جَمَعَ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 7 15",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḥaššada",
          "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
          "word": "حَشَّدَ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 7 15",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "rakkama",
          "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
          "word": "رَكَّمَ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 7 15",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "strúpvam",
          "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "стру́пвам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 7 15",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "strúpam",
          "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "стру́пам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 7 15",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "natrúpvam",
          "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "натру́пвам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 7 15",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "sǎbíram",
          "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "съби́рам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 7 15",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "sǎberá",
          "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "събера́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 7 15",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
          "word": "積聚"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 7 15",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jījù",
          "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
          "word": "积聚"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 7 15",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "hromadit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 7 15",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "nahromadit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 7 15",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "kupit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 7 15",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "nakupit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 7 15",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
          "word": "amasigi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 7 15",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
          "word": "kasata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 7 15",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
          "word": "kahmia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 7 15",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
          "word": "amasser"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 7 15",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
          "tags": [
            "intransitive"
          ],
          "word": "s’amasser"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 7 15",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
          "word": "ansammeln"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 7 15",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
          "word": "zusammensammeln"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 7 15",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
          "word": "zusammenklauben"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 7 15",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
          "word": "anhäufen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 7 15",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
          "word": "amasigar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 7 15",
          "alt": "つむ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tsumu",
          "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
          "word": "積む"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 7 15",
          "alt": "つもる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tsumoru",
          "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
          "tags": [
            "intransitive"
          ],
          "word": "積もる"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 7 15",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "ssata",
          "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
          "word": "쌓다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 7 15",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "ssaida",
          "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
          "tags": [
            "intransitive"
          ],
          "word": "쌓이다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 7 15",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
          "word": "accumulō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 7 15",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
          "word": "mengumpulkan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 7 15",
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "sāṭhavṇe",
          "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
          "word": "साठवणे"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 7 15",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "gromadzić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 7 15",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "zgromadzić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 7 15",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
          "word": "amontoar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 7 15",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kopítʹ",
          "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "копи́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 7 15",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sobirátʹ",
          "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "собира́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 7 15",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nakáplivatʹ",
          "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "нака́пливать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 7 15",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sobirátʹsja",
          "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective",
            "intransitive"
          ],
          "word": "собира́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 7 15",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "skáplivatʹsja",
          "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective",
            "intransitive"
          ],
          "word": "ска́пливаться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 7 15",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nagromoždátʹ",
          "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "нагроможда́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 7 15",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nagromozdítʹ",
          "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
          "tags": [
            "perfective",
            "transitive"
          ],
          "word": "нагромозди́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 7 15",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nagromoždátʹsja",
          "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "нагроможда́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 7 15",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nagromozdítʹsja",
          "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
          "tags": [
            "intransitive"
          ],
          "word": "нагромозди́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 7 15",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "kopiť"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 7 15",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "nakopiť"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 7 15",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "hromadiť"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 7 15",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
          "word": "amasar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 7 15",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
          "word": "acumular"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 7 15",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
          "word": "biriktirmek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 7 15",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
          "word": "tyrru"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 7 15",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
          "word": "pentyrru"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with collocations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with collocations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to amass a treasure or a fortune",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "to amass words or phrases",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1887, Arthur Conan Doyle, chapter V, in A Study in Scarlet Part II, page 123:",
          "text": "[…] he reluctantly returned to the old Nevada mines, there to recruit his health and to amass money enough to allow him to pursue his object without privation.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate."
      ],
      "id": "en-amass-en-verb-UIglMcna",
      "links": [
        [
          "gather",
          "gather"
        ],
        [
          "quantity",
          "quantity"
        ],
        [
          "accumulate",
          "accumulate"
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      "word": "nakupit"
    },
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
      "word": "amasigi"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
      "word": "kasata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
      "word": "kahmia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
      "word": "amasser"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "s’amasser"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
      "word": "ansammeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
      "word": "zusammensammeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
      "word": "zusammenklauben"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
      "word": "anhäufen"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
      "word": "amasigar"
    },
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      "alt": "つむ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tsumu",
      "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
      "word": "積む"
    },
    {
      "alt": "つもる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tsumoru",
      "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
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      "word": "積もる"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ssata",
      "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
      "word": "쌓다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ssaida",
      "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "word": "쌓이다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
      "word": "accumulō"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
      "word": "mengumpulkan"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "sāṭhavṇe",
      "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
      "word": "साठवणे"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "gromadzić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zgromadzić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
      "word": "amontoar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kopítʹ",
      "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "копи́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sobirátʹ",
      "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "собира́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nakáplivatʹ",
      "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "нака́пливать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sobirátʹsja",
      "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "word": "собира́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skáplivatʹsja",
      "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "word": "ска́пливаться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nagromoždátʹ",
      "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "нагроможда́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nagromozdítʹ",
      "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
      "tags": [
        "perfective",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "word": "нагромозди́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nagromoždátʹsja",
      "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "нагроможда́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nagromozdítʹsja",
      "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "нагромозди́ться"
    },
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "kopiť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "nakopiť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "hromadiť"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
      "word": "amasar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
      "word": "acumular"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
      "word": "biriktirmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
      "word": "tyrru"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to collect into a mass or heap",
      "word": "pentyrru"
    }
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  "word": "amass"
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          "ref": "1624, Henry Wotton, “The Seate, and the Worke”, in The Elements of Architecture, […], London: […] Iohn Bill, →OCLC, I. part, page 38:",
          "text": "[T]his Pillar [the \"Compounded Order\"] is nothing in effect, but a Medlie, or an Amaſſe of all the precedent Ornaments, making a nevv kinde, by ſtealth, and though the moſt richly tricked, yet the pooreſt in this, that he is a borrovver of all his Beautie.",
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          "ref": "1788, Thomas Pownall, Notices and Descriptions of Antiquities of the Provincia Romana of Gaul, London: John Nichols, page 22:",
          "text": "[…] others are drawn, not as portraits, not strict copies of these most essential characteristic parts, but filled up afterwards from memory, and a general idea of an amass of arms, without the specific one of a trophæal amass, which is the fact of these bas-relieves.",
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          "text": "He [the general] must neuer permit the Captaines to depart from the place, where he made the Amasse and collection of the Companies, with their bands out of order or disseuered, although they should depart to some place neere adioyning, vnlesse he were forced by some occasion of great necessity and importance:",
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        "The act of amassing."
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        "(obsolete) The act of amassing."
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