;Posted on 05/16/2016 6:21:59 AM PDT by xsmommy
Word for The Day, Monday, 5/16/16
;In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
accrete/ accretion; verb/noun
verb (used without object), accreted, accreting.
1.
to grow together; adhere (usually followed by to).
verb (used with object), accreted, accreting.
2.
to add, as by growth.
adjective
3.
Botany. noun
1.
an increase by natural growth or by gradual external addition; growth in size or extent.
2.
the result of this process.
3.
an added part; addition: The last part of the legend is a later accretion.
4.
the growing together of separate parts into a single whole.
5.
Law. increase of property by gradual natural additions, as of land by alluvion.
Etymology: 1605-15; < Latin accrētiōn- (stem of accrētiō), equivalent to accrēt (us), past participle of accrēscere to grow ( ac- ac- + crē- grow + -tus past participle suffix) + -iōn- -ion
Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Here is my example with WFTD.
There is no end to the accretion of Clintoon sleaze.
No pushing at the door please!
freezing my butt off mid May in NoVA. space heater going full blast.
About 34 degrees outside this morning at the treeline outside the power plant. Snow still on the mountains a bit further up the river. 8<(
Blah.
But it is almost warm enough inside the turbine building for the added cement to accrete on the concrete - with care. Now, if the prisoners had been laying it, would that require cons cementing their relationship to the accreted cretins?
COLD!!! A+++ robt
The transgender horrors accrete
In bathrooms, where both sexes meet
If boy feels like girl
Give the “LADIES” a whirl
Common sense has gone down to defeat
excellent summary of how sad things are. A++++
What does freeing your butt have to do with accrete?
not a thing.
I love this word. Actually had a colleague knock me for using it one day, but sometimes it’s just the thing.
The citizens of Heraklion need to accrete.
It’s how pearls form!
It snowed in NY state yesterday.
The tenth grader told his teacher, “Sure, I heard a Greece, but I never heard accrete.” The teacher of course gave him an A anyway.
perfect! A+++
that is just insane. I think I saw on Twitter that it snowed in Pgh too. Gord’s first bday party is next weekend, hoping that they can have some people outside for it bc their house is not that big.
I believe you are right! A++++
love the Crete reference, you cretin! ; ) A+++
Chris Stirewalt used it in passing one day on Fox last week and I thought it was a good one to bring to class bc it is handy.
We had some flurries Saturday morning. I didn’t personally see them.
It was chilly here last night too.
But the degrees are accreting bit by bit.
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