cresc

grow, arise, increase

Usage

  • crescendo

    If something, such as a sound, is undergoing a crescendo, it is getting louder and louder or increasing in intensity and is about to reach its peak strength.

  • accrue

    When interest on money or personal benefits accrues, it gradually increases or builds up over time.

  • crescent

    resembling the new moon in shape

  • decrescendo

    grow quieter

  • excrescence

    something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings

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