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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

  • (..) You stay guard over till we get back. I wanna see if she's gonna figure out this booby trap. Yes. It seems they reburied their mines around that big pile of goodies. She certainly figure it out, haven't she? Katniss! Katniss! Katniss help! (..)
    2012 The Hunger Games