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pile

(p/aI/l )

noun (n)

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

Synonym:
agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus, heap, mound

source: wordnet30
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent(noun.quantity)

Synonym:
batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft

source: wordnet30
a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)(noun.possession)

Synonym:
big bucks, big money, bundle, megabucks

source: wordnet30
fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)(noun.body)

Synonym:
down

source: wordnet30
battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
galvanic pile, voltaic pile

source: wordnet30
a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
piling, spile, stilt

source: wordnet30
the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave(noun.artifact)

Example:
For uniform color and texture tailors cut velvet with the pile running the same direction.

Synonym:
nap

source: wordnet30
a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
atomic pile, atomic reactor, chain reactor

source: wordnet30
A hair; hence, the fiber of wool, cotton, and the like; also, the nap when thick or heavy, as of carpeting and velvet.(noun)

source: webster1913
The head of an arrow or spear.(noun)

source: webster1913
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.(noun)

source: webster1913
A mass of things heaped together; a heap; as, a pile of stones; a pile of wood.(noun)

source: webster1913

verb (v)

arrange in stacks(verb.contact)

Synonym:
heap, stack

source: wordnet30
press tightly together or cram(verb.motion)

Synonym:
jam, mob, pack, throng

source: wordnet30
place or lay as if in a pile(verb.contact)

Example:
The teacher piled work on the students until the parents protested.

source: wordnet30
To drive piles into; to fill with piles; to strengthen with piles.(verb)

source: webster1913
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.(verb)

source: webster1913

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