amass : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: amass	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for amass
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
amass v collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up" Synonym(s): accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune" Synonym(s): roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Amass \Amass"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Amassed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Amassing}.] [F. ambusher, LL. amassare; L. ad + massa lump, mass. See {Mass}.] 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. The life Homer has been written by amassing all the traditions and hints the writers could meet with. --Pope. Syn: To accumulate; heap up; pile.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Amass \A*mass"\, n. [OF. amasse, fr. ambusher.] A mass; a heap. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton.