Pile

[paɪl]

Definition

(noun.) the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave; 'for uniform color and texture tailors cut velvet with the pile running the same direction'.

(noun.) a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure.

(noun.) a collection of objects laid on top of each other.

(noun.) a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit); 'she made a bundle selling real estate'; 'they sank megabucks into their new house'.

(verb.) place or lay as if in a pile; 'The teacher piled work on the students until the parents protested'.

Edited by Griffith--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A hair; hence, the fiber of wool, cotton, and the like; also, the nap when thick or heavy, as of carpeting and velvet.

(n.) A covering of hair or fur.

(n.) The head of an arrow or spear.

(n.) 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.

(n.) One of the ordinaries or subordinaries having the form of a wedge, usually placed palewise, with the broadest end uppermost.

(v. t.) To drive piles into; to fill with piles; to strengthen with piles.

(n.) A mass of things heaped together; a heap; as, a pile of stones; a pile of wood.

(n.) A mass formed in layers; as, a pile of shot.

(n.) A funeral pile; a pyre.

(n.) A large building, or mass of buildings.

(n.) Same as Fagot, n., 2.

(n.) A vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals, as copper and zinc, laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity; -- commonly called Volta's pile, voltaic pile, or galvanic pile.

(n.) The reverse of a coin. See Reverse.

(v. t.) To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to collect into a mass; to accumulate; to amass; -- often with up; as, to pile up wood.

(v. t.) To cover with heaps; or in great abundance; to fill or overfill; to load.

Checked by Emil

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Heap, accumulation, mass, collection.[2]. Building, structure, edifice, fabric, erection.[3]. Large stake.[4]. Filament, thread, fibre, staple.

v. a. Accumulate, amass, heap, collect or gather into a heap.

Editor: Noreen

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Heap, accumulate, gather, store, stuck, amass, collect

ANT:Demolish, dissipate, squander, scatter, separate, disperse, deal, distribute

Editor: Sharon

Definition

n. hair fur: the nap on cloth esp. if regular and closely set.—v.t. to furnish with pile to make shaggy.—adj. Pile′-worn worn threadbare.

n. a roundish mass: a heap of separate objects: combustibles esp. for burning dead bodies: a large building: a heap of shot or shell: (elect.) a form of battery consisting of a number of dissimilar metal plates laid in pairs one above another with an acid solution between them: (slang) a large amount of money: a fortune.—v.t. to lay in a pile or heap: to collect in a mass: to heap up: to fill above the brim.—n. Pī′ler one who forms into a heap.—Pile arms to place three muskets with fixed bayonets so that the butts remain firm the muzzles close together pointing obliquely—also Stack arms.

n. a pillar: a large stake driven into the earth to support foundations: a pyramidal figure in a heraldic bearing.—v.t. to drive piles into.—ns. Pile′-driv′er Pile′-en′gine an engine for driving down piles; Pile′-dwell′ing a dwelling built on piles a lake-dwelling; Pile′work work or foundations made of piles; Pile′-worm a worm found eating into the timber of piles and ships: the teredo.

Checker: Williams

Unserious Contents or Definition

To dream of a wood-pile, denotes unsatisfactory business and misunderstandings in love.

Checker: Scott

Examples

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