To accumulate, to pile up, to increase in stages.
To close up by building.
To strengthen.
In solitaire card games, to place a card over another card of lower value. (e.g., place 5♦ over 4♣)
To erect; to construct.
To use up or waste; squander.
To drive away, disperse.
To vanish by dispersion.
To cause energy to be lost through its conversion to heat.