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pile



I - noun
1. a collection of objects laid on top of each other (Freq. 9)
Syn:
heap, mound, agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus
Derivationally related forms:
cumulous (for: cumulus), cumulate (for: cumulus), cumulate (for: cumulation), agglomerate (for: agglomerate), heap (for: heap)
Hypernyms:
collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
Hyponyms:
compost heap, compost pile, dunghill, midden, muckheap,
muckhill, scrapheap, shock, slagheap, stack, pyre,
funeral pyre, woodpile, stockpile
2. (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent (Freq. 3)
- a batch of letters
- a deal of trouble
- a lot of money
- he made a mint on the stock market
- see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
- it must have cost plenty
- a slew of journalists
- a wad of money
Syn:
batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal,
hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle,
mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, plenty,
pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate,
stack, tidy sum, wad
Derivationally related forms:
wad (for: wad), plenteous (for: plenty), heap (for: heap)
Hypernyms:
large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount
Hyponyms:
flood, inundation, deluge, torrent, haymow
3. a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit) (Freq. 2)
- she made a bundle selling real estate
- they sank megabucks into their new house
Syn:
bundle, big bucks, megabucks, big money
Usage Domain:
slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot,
patois, vernacular
Hypernyms:
money
4. a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy
Syn:
atomic pile, atomic reactor, chain reactor
Hypernyms:
nuclear reactor, reactor
5. 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
Syn:
nap
Hypernyms:
thread, yarn
6. battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series;
the earliest electric battery devised by Volta
Syn:
voltaic pile, galvanic pile
Hypernyms:
battery, electric battery
7. fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
Syn:
down
Derivationally related forms:
pilary, pilous, downy (for: down)
Hypernyms:
hair
Hyponyms:
lanugo
8. a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
Syn:
spile, piling, stilt
Hypernyms:
column, pillar
Hyponyms:
sheet pile, sheath pile, sheet piling

II - verb
1. arrange in stacks (Freq. 8)
- heap firewood around the fireplace
- stack your books up on the shelves
Syn:
stack, heap
See Also:
heap up (for: heap), pile up, stack up (for: stack)
Derivationally related forms:
heap (for: heap), stack (for: stack), stacker (for: stack)
Hypernyms:
arrange, set up
Hyponyms:
rick, cord
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something PP
- They pile their rifles on the cabinet
2. press tightly together or cram (Freq. 2)
- The crowd packed the auditorium
Syn:
throng, mob, pack, jam
Derivationally related forms:
mob (for: mob), throng (for: throng)
Hypernyms:
crowd, crowd together
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
3. place or lay as if in a pile
- The teacher piled work on the students until the parents protested
Hypernyms:
put, set, place, pose, position, lay
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something PP

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