amass

«amass» in Mova's school dictionary: to gather a large number or amount of things, or money… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (amass, amasses, amassed, amassing)

meaning for a pupil

To amass is to gather a large number or amount of things, or money, over time: «amass a fortune». tree →

sense in the lessons

in stories, a character gathers wealth or treasure, such as the thief in the cave

examples

• He amassed a fortune by trading in cloth. tree →
• I had amassed a rich treasure of jewels. tree →
• The squirrel amassed a huge pile of nuts for winter. tree →

note

amassing makes the total grow bigger as things are gathered together; it names no operation like add, so read the rest of the problem to see what is being counted

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «amass» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.