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pile

/ pile /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a collection of objects laid on top of each other
Type of:
collection aggregation accumulation
Kinds of:
compost heap compost pile dunghill midden muckheap
Derived:
accumulate cumulate conglomerate pile up gather
noun Sense 2
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"
Type of:
thread yarn
noun Sense 3
a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
Type of:
column pillar
Kinds of:
sheet pile sheath pile sheet piling
noun Sense 4
a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)
"she made a bundle selling real estate"
"they sank megabucks into their new house"
Type of:
money
Domain:
cant jargon slang
verb Sense 5
place or lay as if in a pile
"The teacher piled work on the students until the parents protested"
Type of:
put set place
Derived:
heap mound cumulus
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
noun Sense 6
battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta
Type of:
battery electric battery
noun Sense 7
fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
Type of:
hair
Kinds of:
lanugo
verb Sense 8
arrange in stacks
"heap firewood around the fireplace"
"stack your books up on the shelves"
Type of:
arrange set up
Kinds of:
rick cord
Derived:
heap mound cumulus stack stacker
See also:
pile up heap up stack up
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
noun Sense 9
a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy
Type of:
nuclear reactor reactor
verb Sense 10
press tightly together or cram
"The crowd packed the auditorium"
Type of:
crowd crowd together
Derived:
batch deal flock good deal great deal
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
noun Sense 11
(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"
Type of:
large indefinite quantity large indefinite amount
Kinds of:
flood inundation deluge torrent
Derived:
jam jampack ram chock up cram
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
11
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
63
Times Searched
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Related Words

collection aggregation accumulation compost heap compost pile dunghill midden muckheap thread yarn column pillar