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pile is the dictionary form of pileing Definition of pile
pile has definitions from the fields of physics,nuclear physics,architecture,electricity,medicine
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[ noun ] a collection of objects laid on top of each other

Synonyms

heap mound cumulus

2
[ verb ] arrange in stacks

Synonyms

heap stack

Examples

"heap firewood around the fireplace" "stack your books up on the shelves"

3
[ noun ] (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

Synonyms

mass lot good_deal great_deal heap plenty sight whole_lot deal flock mint quite_a_little raft pot slew stack mickle mess wad spate whole_slew tidy_sum muckle peck hatful batch

Examples

: "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"

4
[ verb ] press tightly together or cram

Synonyms

throng jam pack mob

Examples

"The crowd packed the auditorium"

5
[ noun ] a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)

Synonyms

big_money bundle megabucks big_bucks

Examples

"she made a bundle selling real estate" "they sank megabucks into their new house"

6
[ noun ] (medicine) pain caused by venous swelling at or inside the anal sphincter

Synonyms

hemorrhoid piles haemorrhoid

7
[ noun ] (physics,electricity) battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta

Synonyms

voltaic_pile galvanic_pile

8
[ verb ] place or lay as if in a pile

Examples

"The teacher piled work on the students until the parents protested"

9
[ noun ] the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave

Synonyms

nap

Examples

"for uniform color and texture tailors cut velvet with the pile running the same direction"

10
[ 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)

Synonyms

down

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[ noun ] (architecture) a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure

Synonyms

stilt piling spile

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 31344
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[ noun ] (physics,nuclear physics) a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy

Synonyms

atomic_reactor chain_reactor atomic_pile

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