Pile - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent (syn: batch, deal, flock, heap, lot, mass, mess, mint, mountain, peck, plenty, pot, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, wad)
- a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit) (syn: bundle)
- fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs) (syn: down)
- battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta
- a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure (syn: spile, stilt)
- the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave (syn: nap)
verb
- press tightly together or cram (syn: jam, mob, pack, throng)
- place or lay as if in a pile
Extra examples
I do think the actor piled the agony up a little too high in that last scene.
She piled potatoes on his plate.
The office has been piled with work ever since the new director arrived.
The child piled up the bricks until they fell over.
Jill and twelve other girls began piling on to Bill's old sledge.
The train stopped, and crowds of passengers piled off (out).
As soon as the gates were opened, crowds of football supporters piled in.
The tourists piled towards the exits.
The hounds piled after her.
Habitations were constructed on platforms raised above the lake, and resting on piles.
The wall was planked and piled internally.
His mother came in carrying a pile of ironing in her arms.
Flora shuffled through a pile of magazines.
She tidied up the books and put them in neat piles.
He balanced the plate on the top of a pile of books.
Phrasal verbs
Word forms
I/you/we/they: pile
he/she/it: piles
present participle: piling
past tense: piled
past participle: piled
singular: pile
plural: piles
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