ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Accreted

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Accreted is a verb meaning simple past and past participle of accrete.

Meaning

simple past and past participle of accrete.

Example Sentences

According to the reigning hypothesis, about 4.5 billion years ago, shortly after Earth had accreted down into a sphere from its little slub of circumsolar material, another newborn planet [Theia], still shaky on its feet, slammed obliquely into Earth with terrifying force.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include grew, terrane, terranes, accretions, accretion, accretionary.

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