Pile

  • 11Pile — Pile, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Piled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Piling}.] 1. 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. Hills piled on hills. Dryden. Life piled on… …

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  • 12pile — pile1 [pīl] n. [ME < MFr < L pila, pillar] 1. a mass of things heaped together; heap 2. a heap of wood or other combustible material on which a corpse or sacrifice is burned 3. a large building or group of buildings 4. Informal a) a large… …

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  • 13pile|up — pile up or pile|up «PYL UHP», noun. 1. the act or fact of piling up; accumulation: »a pile up of airplanes waiting to land, a pile up of boxes at the bottom of the stairs. 2. a massive collision, especially of vehicles: »a pile up of cars, the… …

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  • 14pile — pȉle sr <G ta, zb. pȉlād> DEFINICIJA mladunče kokoši (rjeđe drugih ptica) FRAZEOLOGIJA zaplesti se kao pile u kučine upasti, ući u nešto iz čega nema izlaza ili za što se ne vidi rješenje ONOMASTIKA pr. (nadimačka, moguće preklapanje s reg …

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  • 15pile in — ˌpile ˈin [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they pile in he/she/it piles in present participle piling in past tense …

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  • 16pile up — {v. phr.} 1. To grow into a big heap. * /He didn t go into his office for three days and his work kept piling up./ 2. To run aground. * /Boats often pile up on the rocks in the shallow water./ 3. To crash. * /One car made a sudden stop and the… …

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  • 17pile up — {v. phr.} 1. To grow into a big heap. * /He didn t go into his office for three days and his work kept piling up./ 2. To run aground. * /Boats often pile up on the rocks in the shallow water./ 3. To crash. * /One car made a sudden stop and the… …

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  • 18Pile — Pile, n. [L. pilum javelin. See {Pile} a stake.] The head of an arrow or spear. [Obs.] Chapman. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 19Pile — Pile, n. [L. pilus hair. Cf. {Peruke}.] 1. A hair; hence, the fiber of wool, cotton, and the like; also, the nap when thick or heavy, as of carpeting and velvet. [1913 Webster] Velvet soft, or plush with shaggy pile. Cowper. [1913 Webster] 2.… …

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  • 20Pile — Pile, v. t. To drive piles into; to fill with piles; to strengthen with piles. [1913 Webster] {To sheet pile}, to make sheet piling in or around. See {Sheet piling}, under 2nd {Piling}. [1913 Webster] …

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