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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

  • (..) The fine Lord Tully would never marry any of his children to mine. - I'm sure there were reasons... - I didn't need reasons. I needed to get rid of sons and daughters. You see how they pile up? Why are you here? To ask you... to open your gates, my lord... so my son and his bannermen (..)
    2011 TvShow: Game of Thrones Title: Baelor Season: 1 Episode 9