pile
/paɪl/ verb C2- To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to collect into a mass; to accumulate · They were piling up wood on the wheelbarrow.
- To cover with heaps; or in great abundance; to fill or overfill; to load. · We piled the camel with our loads.
- To add something to a great number.
- (of vehicles) To create a hold-up.
- To place (guns, muskets, etc.) together in threes so that they can stand upright, supporting each other.
- To form a pile or heap. · Junk piled on the floor as we searched the attic for the old photograph albums.
He/she/it piles · Past piled · Past participle piled · -ing form piling
Verb forms
- Base form
- pile
- He/she/it
- piles
- Past
- piled
- Past participle
- piled
- -ing form
- piling
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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And they piled them here in mountain tops
I’ve had to compete with some of the sharpest wits going to get my pile.
The long platform was almost deserted; the only living creature in sight being a girl who was sitting on a pile of shingles at the extreme end.
When school went out Anne marched to her desk, ostentatiously took out everything therein, books and writing tablet, pen and ink, testament and arithmetic, and piled them neatly on her cracked slate.
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