English dictionary
pile
/p/aI/l/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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a collection of objects laid on top of each other
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(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
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a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)
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fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
Synonyms downSource: WordNet 3.0
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battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta
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a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
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the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave
ExamplesFor uniform color and texture tailors cut velvet with the pile running the same direction.
Synonyms napSource: WordNet 3.0
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a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy
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A hair; hence, the fiber of wool, cotton, and the like; also, the nap when thick or heavy, as of carpeting and velvet.
Source: webster1913
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The head of an arrow or spear.
Source: webster1913
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A large stake, or piece of timber, pointed and driven into the earth, as at the bottom of a river, or in a harbor where the ground is soft, for the support of a building, a pier, or other superstructure, or to form a cofferdam, etc.
Source: webster1913
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A mass of things heaped together; a heap; as, a <i>pile</i> of stones; a <i>pile</i> of wood.
Source: webster1913
verb
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arrange in stacks
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press tightly together or cram
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place or lay as if in a pile
ExamplesThe teacher piled work on the students until the parents protested.
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To drive piles into; to fill with piles; to strengthen with piles.
Source: webster1913
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To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to collect into a mass; to accumulate; to amass; -- often with <i>up</i>; as, to <i>pile</i> up wood.
Source: webster1913