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The definition of pile
13 Definitions of: pile
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- noun, a collection of objects laid on top of one another or of other material stacked vertically; heap; mound
- noun, a large amount of money (esp in the phrase make a pile)
- noun, a large amount
- noun, a less common word for pyre
- noun, a large building or group of buildings
- noun, short for voltaic pile
- noun, physics a structure of uranium and a moderator used for producing atomic energy; nuclear reactor
- noun, metallurgy an arrangement of wrought-iron bars that are to be heated and worked into a single bar
- noun, the point of an arrow
- verb, to collect or be collected into or as if into a pile
- verb, to move in a group, esp in a hurried or disorganized manner
- verb, pile arms to prop a number of rifles together, muzzles together and upwards, butts forming the base
- verb, pile it on to exaggerate ▷ See also pile up
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- noun, a long column of timber, concrete, or steel that is driven into the ground to provide a foundation for a vertical load (a bearing pile) or a group of such columns to resist a horizontal load from earth or water pressure (a sheet pile)
- noun, heraldry an ordinary shaped like a wedge, usually displayed point-downwards
- verb, to drive (piles) into the ground
- verb, to provide or support (a structure) with piles
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- noun, textiles a) the yarns in a fabric that stand up or out from the weave, as in carpeting, velvet, flannel, etc b) one of these yarns
- noun, soft fine hair, fur, wool, etc
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©HarperCollins 2008. Collins English Dictionary definition of pile