📖 Definitions of "Pile"
noun
- 1
A mass of things heaped together; a heap.
- 2
A group or list of related items up for consideration, especially in some kind of selection process.
"When we were looking for a new housemate, we put the nice woman on the "maybe" pile, and the annoying guy on the "no" pile"
- 3
A mass formed in layers.
"a pile of shot"
- 4
A funeral pile; a pyre.
verb
- 1
(often used with the preposition "up") To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to collect into a mass; to accumulate
"They were piling up wood on the wheelbarrow."
- 2
To cover with heaps; or in great abundance; to fill or overfill; to load.
"We piled the camel with our loads."
- 3
To add something to a great number.
- 4
(of vehicles) To create a hold-up.
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