A pile is a heap of stuff that keeps accumulating, like the dirty laundry in the back of your closet, or Uncle Scrooge’s money.
A hair; hence, the fiber of wool, cotton, and the like; also, the nap when thick or heavy, as of carpeting and velvet.
Noun
a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy
Noun
the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave; "for uniform color and texture tailors cut velvet with the pile running the same direction"
Noun
a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
Noun
battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta
Noun
fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
Noun
a collection of objects laid on top of each other
Noun
a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit); "she made a bundle selling real estate"; "they sank megabucks into their new house"
Noun
(often followed by `of'') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty"
Verb
place or lay as if in a pile; "The teacher piled work on the students until the parents protested"
Verb
arrange in stacks; "heap firewood around the fireplace"; "stack your books up on the shelves"
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press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the auditorium"
n.
A hair; hence, the fiber of wool, cotton, and the like; also,
the nap when thick or heavy, as of carpeting and velvet.
n.
A covering of hair or fur.
n.
The head of an arrow or spear.
n.
A large stake, or piece of timber, pointed and driven into
the earth, as at the bottom of a river, or in a harbor where the ground
is soft, for the support of a building, a pier, or other
superstructure, or to form a cofferdam, etc.
n.
One of the ordinaries or subordinaries having the form of a
wedge, usually placed palewise, with the broadest end uppermost.
v. t.
To drive piles into; to fill with piles; to strengthen
with piles.
n.
A mass of things heaped together; a heap; as, a pile of
stones; a pile of wood.
n.
A mass formed in layers; as, a pile of shot.
n.
A funeral pile; a pyre.
n.
A large building, or mass of buildings.
n.
Same as Fagot, n., 2.
n.
A vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar
metals, as copper and zinc, laid up with disks of cloth or paper
moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of
electricity; -- commonly called Volta's pile, voltaic pile, or galvanic
pile.
n.
The reverse of a coin. See Reverse.
v. t.
To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to
collect into a mass; to accumulate; to amass; -- often with up; as, to
pile up wood.
v. t.
To cover with heaps; or in great abundance; to fill or
overfill; to load.
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Velvet soft, or plush with shaggy pile.2.
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The pile o'erlooked the town and drew the fight.5.
Pile
The labor of an age in piled stones.2.
A hair; hence, the fiber of wool, cotton, and the like; also, the nap when thick or heavy, as of carpeting and velvet.
The head of an arrow or spear.
A large stake, or piece of timber, pointed and driven into the earth, as at the bottom of a river, or in a harbor where the ground is soft, for the support of a building, a pier, or other superstructure, or to form a cofferdam, etc.
To drive piles into; to fill with piles; to strengthen with piles.
A mass of things heaped together; a heap;
To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to collect into a mass; to accumulate; to amass; -- often with up;
Usage Examples
Stargate by far is the top of the pile when it comes to Sci-Fi. The quality is great. They have really good writers, production design, lighting, wardrobe.
I tried the Atkins diet in the Seventies when pregnant with my son, as I didn't want to pile on the pounds. Now, so long as I'm healthy, I don't care what my scales say.
Is education possibly a process of trading awareness for things of lesser worth? The goose who trades his is soon a pile of feathers.
To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.
A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.
It was like there was a pile of kindling that was in the back of my imagination just waiting there. Once I lit it, it just flared up and I kept getting ideas and ideas.
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Other Usage ExamplesWe're going to need to absorb some pain. The Republicans want to pile all the pain on people who can least afford it and the middle class and Democrats under his leadership want to make sure that we can address deficit reduction and continue to make investments and shared sacrifice is going to be imperative in order to be able to do that.
You have to spend a lot to make a lot. It's not like I'm sitting on top of a pile of money.
We hear the stories every day now: the father who puts on a suit every morning and leaves the house so his daughter doesn't know he lost his job, the recent college grad facing up to the painful reality that the only door that's open to her after four years of study and a pile of debt is her parents'. These are the faces of the Obama economy.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
I wish my parents hadn't made me feel that how I looked was linked to how much they loved me. But I do also see how hard it must be to see your child pile on the pounds and trust they'll find their own way back to a healthy weight.
My mother would give my brothers and me a pile of catalogues and let us pick what we wanted for Christmas.
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