Both Uses of
accumulate
in
Gone with the Wind
- The fat cook, a yard negro elevated by necessity to the kitchen, never had the meals on time, and the chambermaid, formerly a field hand, let dust accumulate on the furniture and never seemed to have clean linen on hand, so that the arrival of guests was always the occasion of much stirring and to-do.†
Chpt 1.3
- She opened the three windows, bringing in the smell of oak leaves and earth, but the fresh air could do little toward dispelling the sickening odors which had accumulated for weeks in this close room.†
Chpt 3.24 *
Definition:
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(accumulate) to collect or gradually increase