to pile
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1.2
- verb
- /paɪl/
- And so then and so he got all of these investors to pile into jet.com.
- pile on top
- pile up earth
- pile high
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Watch on YouTubeI know that I, I, I keep piling on little tangents.
- I know that I, I, I keep piling on little tangents.
- Short sellers piled in feeling that the squeeze was over.
- In fact, you can see the abundance of chairs piled in the corner of the room.
- And then, and then pile it back up and plant on top of that.
- But this is kind of a big thing, you know, you would you'd pile into your car.
- It's not like a deal is going to get away from them because people are piling in SoftBank.
- The problem is that people tend to just pile some of the bullshit on top of themselves.
Examples
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Teachers often feel anxious when their work piles up... because they don't know what to ignore first!
Academic text (1992) -
After crushing, the packaging is piled in a corner of the pad and left to drain.
Academic text (1997) -
And let's go ahead and pile all of this back into here.
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And the losses have started to pile up.
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I'm going to go ahead and just pile it on right here.
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So I'm just going to pile that in there.
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All right, let's pile it on, and let's get out of here.
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Too much stuff piling up on my desk.
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Short sellers piled in feeling that the squeeze was over.
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After the event, we decided to pile the chairs in the corner of the room.
Synonyms
150
1.6
To put things in a neat pile one on top of another
107
3.1
To put things on top of each other until they make a heap
39
3.2
Push people or things together so they cannot move easily
31
3.2
Put things in a neat pile, one on top of another
15
2.4
To put things into a pile
2
2.5
Put things into a pile
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
4
6.8
A heavy machine that drives long posts into the ground for building foundations
2
3.7
A road accident where several cars crash into each other, often after one car hits another
- Archaic
1
9.9
A simple early battery made from stacked metal discs like zinc and copper
- Specialized
1
7.4
A long flat piece of metal, wood, or concrete driven into the ground to hold back soil and water
- Specialized
A heavy construction machine that uses a diesel engine to drive piles into the ground
- Archaic
An early battery made of stacked metal plates with wet material between them
- Specialized
Many particle collisions that overlap in a detector and make signals unclear
- Specialized
A row of long metal or concrete posts placed side by side to hold back soil and water
- Specialized
A construction machine that uses strong, fast shaking to push or pull long posts into the ground
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Etymology
Pile as a verb comes from the same idea of a 'heap'. To pile is simply to put things together into a stack, one on top of another.