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Meaning of piles
noun
- A mass of things heaped together; a heap.
- A group or list of related items up for consideration, especially in some kind of selection process. Example: When we were looking for a new housemate, we put the nice woman on the "maybe" pile, and the annoying guy on the "no" pile
- A mass formed in layers. Example: a pile of shot
- A funeral pile; a pyre.
- A large amount of money. Example: He made a pile from that invention of his.
verb
- (often used with the preposition "up") To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to collect into a mass; to accumulate Example: They were piling up wood on the wheelbarrow.
- To cover with heaps; or in great abundance; to fill or overfill; to load. Example: 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.
noun
- A dart; an arrow.
- The head of an arrow or spear.
- A large stake, or piece of pointed timber, steel etc., driven into the earth or sea-bed for the support of a building, a pier, or other superstructure, or to form a cofferdam, etc.
- One of the ordinaries or subordinaries having the form of a wedge, usually placed palewise, with the broadest end uppermost.
verb
- To drive piles into; to fill with piles; to strengthen with piles.
noun
- (usually in the plural) A hemorrhoid.
noun
- Hair, especially when very fine or short; the fine underfur of certain animals. (Formerly countable, now treated as a collective singular.)
- The raised hairs, loops or strands of a fabric; the nap of a cloth.
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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