pile
pile
paÉĒl
pail
/paÉĒl/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "pile"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻ—āĻžāĻĻāĻž, āĻ¸ā§āϤ⧂āĻĒ

a number of objects placed one on top of the other
pile definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A pile of dirty clothes lay on the floor.
āĻŽā§‡āĻā§‡āϤ⧇ āύ⧋āĻ‚āϰāĻž āĻ•āĻžāĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āϤ⧂āĻĒ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āĻ—āĻžāĻĻāĻž, āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ

a noticeably huge number or amount of a particular thing
pile definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The team had a pile of work to finish before the deadline.
03

a substantial amount of money

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She saved a pile by cutting unnecessary expenses.
04

a large or impressive building

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The billionaire 's pile had ten bedrooms and a swimming pool.
05

atomic or chain reactor for nuclear energy production

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Scientists monitored the nuclear pile carefully.
06

a battery made of voltaic cells connected in series

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The chemistry lab had several piles on display.
07

raised fibers forming a texture

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The carpet 's pile was thick and comfortable.
08

foundation support driven into soil

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Workers drove concrete piles deep into the soil.
09

fine, soft, dense hair of cattle, deer, sheep, or certain dogs

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He brushed the dog 's pile to remove tangles.
01

āĻ¸ā§āϤ⧂āĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϜāĻŽāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to lay things on top of each other
Transitive: to pile sth
to pile definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The students piled their textbooks on the desk before the exam.
āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻ ā§āϝāĻĒ⧁āĻ¸ā§āϤāĻ• āĻĄā§‡āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āϤ⧂āĻĒ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āϜāĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇āϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to crowd or push forward together in a large group
Intransitive: to pile somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The students piled into the classroom after the bell rang.
āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻž āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāϰāĻž āĻļā§āϰ⧇āĻŖā§€āĻ•āĻ•ā§āώ⧇ āϜāĻĄāĻŧā§‹ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
03

āĻ¸ā§āϤ⧂āĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϜāĻŽāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to gather or build up into a heap or stack
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Dishes piled in the sink after the party.
āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āϏāĻŋāĻ™ā§āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϏāύ āϜāĻŽāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

pilosity
pile
App
āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ