Amass

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A mass; a heap. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

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.

Synonyms: accumulate; heap up; pile.