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13 Definitions of: pile

    1. noun, a collection of objects laid on top of one another or of other material stacked vertically; heap; mound
    2. noun, a large amount of money (esp in the phrase make a pile)
    3. noun, a large amount
    4. noun, a less common word for pyre
    5. noun, a large building or group of buildings
    6. noun, short for voltaic pile
    7. noun, physics a structure of uranium and a moderator used for producing atomic energy; nuclear reactor
    8. noun, metallurgy an arrangement of wrought-iron bars that are to be heated and worked into a single bar
    9. noun, the point of an arrow
    10. verb, to collect or be collected into or as if into a pile
    11. verb, to move in a group, esp in a hurried or disorganized manner
    12. verb, pile arms to prop a number of rifles together, muzzles together and upwards, butts forming the base
    13. verb, pile it on to exaggerate ▷ See also pile up
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    1. 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)
    2. noun, heraldry an ordinary shaped like a wedge, usually displayed point-downwards
    3. verb, to drive (piles) into the ground
    4. verb, to provide or support (a structure) with piles
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    1. 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
    2. noun, soft fine hair, fur, wool, etc
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Synonyms: hair, Informal informal informal Brit. informal ocean, stuff, Informal informal informal Brit. informal wealth, heap, collection, mountain, mass, stack, rick And more...
 

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