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pile |
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pile noun | noun | noun
1 noun 1.•a pile of stones:heap, stack, mound, pyramid, mass, quantity | collection, accumulation, assemblage, store, stockpile, hoard. 2.informal •I've got a pile of work to do:great deal, lot, large quantity/amount, mountain | abundance, cornucopia | informal load, heap, mass, slew, ocean, stack, ton. 3.informal •he'd made his pile in the fur trade:fortune, millions, billions | informal small fortune, bundle, wad.▶verb 1.•she piled up the plates:heap (up), stack (up). 2.•he piled his plate with fried eggs:load, heap, fill (up), lade, stack, charge, stock. 3.•our debts were piling up:increase, grow, mount up, escalate, soar, spiral, leap up, shoot up, rocket, climb, accumulate, accrue, build up, multiply. 4.•we piled into the car:crowd, climb, pack, squeeze, push, shove. PHRASES
pile it on informal •if you pile it on like that, no one will believe you:exaggerate, overstate the case, make a mountain out of a molehill, overdo it, overplay it, overdramatize | informal lay it on thick.
2 noun •a wall supported by timber piles:post, stake, pillar, column, support, foundation, piling, abutment, pier, cutwater, buttress, stanchion, upright.
3 noun •a carpet with a short pile:nap, fibers, threads. |
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