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pile

Definition

  • noun: a group of things that are put one on top of another
  • noun: a long slender column usually of timber, steel, or reinforced concrete driven into the ground to carry a vertical load
  • noun: a coat or surface of usually short close fine furry hairs
  • verb: to put (something) in a pile
  • often + 'of'
  • synonyms: hair, heap, pyre

Examples

  • Her parents 'piled on' the pressure to do well in school. [=her parents put a lot of pressure on her to do well in school]

  • The chair was 'piled with' clothes. [=there was a pile of clothes on the chair]

  • He is 'at the bottom of the pile' but should get a promotion soon.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) No, that's a good movie. It's underrated. Yeah. Can I look at these? Yeah, those are-- that's a good pile. Oh, these are nice. This one's nice too. But you don't have any people in them really. Yeah, well, (..)
    2008 Two Lovers