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noun
1.
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other: a pile of papers; a pile of bricks.
2.
Informal. a large number, quantity, or amount of anything: a pile of work.
3.
a heap of wood on which a dead body, a living person, or a sacrifice is burned; pyre.
4.
a lofty or large building or group of buildings: the noble pile of Windsor Castle.
5.
EXPANDInformal. a large accumulation of money: They made a pile on Wall Street.
6.
a bundle of pieces of iron ready to be welded and drawn out into bars; fagot.
7.
reactor (def. 4).
8.
COLLAPSEElectricity. voltaic pile.
verb (used with object)
9.
10.
to accumulate or store (often followed by up): to pile up money; squirrels piling up nuts against the winter.
11.
to cover or load with a pile: He piled the wagon with hay.
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verb (used without object)
12.
to accumulate, as money, debts, evidence, etc. (usually followed by up).
13.
Informal. to move as a group in a more or less confused, disorderly cluster: to pile off a train.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French < Latin pīla pillar, mole of stone
1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French < Latin pīla pillar, mole of stone
Synonyms
1. collection, heap, mass, accumulation, stack, mound, batch.
1. collection, heap, mass, accumulation, stack, mound, batch.
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| pile up | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to gather or be gathered in a pile; accumulate |
| 2. | informal to crash or cause to crash |
| —n | |
| 3. | informal a multiple collision of vehicles |
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Word Origin & History
pile
"soft, raised surface upon cloth," mid-14c., from Anglo-Norm. pyle or M.Du. pijl, both from L. pilus "hair." Phonological evidence rules out transmission via O.Fr. cognate peil, poil.
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Medical Dictionary
pile (pīl)
n.
A hemorrhoid.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Idioms & Phrases
pile up
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Accumulate, as in The leaves piled up in the yard, or He piled up a huge fortune. In this idiom pile means "form a heap or mass of something." [Mid-1800s]
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Be involved in a crash, as in When the police arrived, at least four cars had piled up. [Late 1800s]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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