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pile1 n 1. a collection of objects laid on top of one another or of other material stacked vertically; heap; mound 2. Informal a large amount of money (esp in the phrase make a pile) 3. (often plural) Informal a large amount a pile of work 4. a less common word for pyre 5. a large building or group of buildings 6. (Physics / General Physics) short for voltaic pile 7. (Physics / General Physics) Physics a structure of uranium and a moderator used for producing atomic energy; nuclear reactor 8. (Engineering / Metallurgy) Metallurgy an arrangement of wrought-iron bars that are to be heated and worked into a single bar 9. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Archery) the point of an arrow vb 1. (often foll by up) to collect or be collected into or as if into a pile snow piled up in the drive 2. (intr; foll by in, into, off, out, etc.) to move in a group, esp in a hurried or disorganized manner to pile off the bus (Military) pile arms to prop a number of rifles together, muzzles together and upwards, butts forming the base pile it on Informal to exaggerate See also pile up [via Old French from Latin pīla stone pier] pile2 n 1. (Engineering / Civil Engineering) a long column of timber, concrete, or steel that is driven into the ground to provide a foundation for a vertical load (a bearing pile) or a group of such columns to resist a horizontal load from earth or water pressure (a sheet pile) 2. (History / Heraldry) Heraldry an ordinary shaped like a wedge, usually displayed point-downwards vb (tr) 1. (Engineering / Civil Engineering) to drive (piles) into the ground 2. (Engineering / Civil Engineering) to provide or support (a structure) with piles [Old English pīl, from Latin pīlum] pile3 n 1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) Textiles a. the yarns in a fabric that stand up or out from the weave, as in carpeting, velvet, etc. b. one of these yarns 2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) soft fine hair, fur, wool, etc. [from Anglo-Norman pyle, from Latin pilus hair] Pile a disordered heap of things; a large clump or collection of things; a heap of wood or faggots; a lofty mass of buildings. Examples: pile of dead carcasses, 1656; of clothes, 1440; of clouds, 1812; of conjectures, 1835; of faggots, 1902; of islands; of justice, 1770; of letters and packages, 1891; of money, 1876; of shot; of stones; of trees, 1854; of wealth, 1613; of weapons, 1608; of wood, 1744.
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pile1 noun 1. heap, collection, mountain, mass, stack, rick, mound, accumulation, stockpile, hoard, assortment, assemblage a pile of books 2. (Informal) (often plural) lot(s), mountain(s), load(s) (informal), oceans, wealth, great deal, stack(s), abundance, large quantity, oodles (informal), shedload (Brit. informal) I've got piles of questions for you. 3. mansion, building, residence, manor, country house, seat, big house, stately home, manor house a stately pile in the country verb 2. crowd, pack, charge, rush, climb, flood, stream, crush, squeeze, jam, flock, shove They all piled into the car. pile something up 1. collect, gather (up), assemble, stack (up), mass, heap (up), load up Bulldozers piled up huge mounds of dirt. 2. collect, accumulate, gather in, pull in, amass, hoard, stack up, store up, heap up Their aim is to pile up the points and aim for a qualifying place. pile up accumulate, collect, gather (up), build up, amass Her mail had piled up inside the front door. pile2 noun foundation, support, post, column, piling, beam, upright, pier, pillar wooden houses set on piles along the shore pile3 Translations pile1 [paɪl] A. N 1. (= heap) [of books, clothes] → montón m to put things in a pile → amontonar cosas, juntar cosas en un montón the building was reduced to a pile of rubble → el edificio quedó reducido a un montón or una pila de escombros 2. (= large amount) → montón m I've got piles of work to do → tengo un montón or tengo montones de trabajo que hacer 3. (= fortune) → dineral m, fortuna f he made a pile on this deal → ganó un dineral or una fortuna con el trato, se hizo de oro con el trato he made his pile in oil → hizo su fortuna con el petróleo 4. (= building) → mole f (hum) some stately pile in the country → una mole de casa or un caserón en el campo B. VT → amontonar, apilar he piled the plates onto the tray → amontonó or apiló los platos en la bandeja we piled more coal on the fire → echamos más carbón al fuego the tables were piled high with food → en las mesas había montones or montañas de comida her hair was piled high on her head → llevaba el pelo recogido con un tocado alto I piled the children into the car → metí a los niños apretujados en el coche C. VI 1. (= squeeze) we all piled into the car → nos metimos todos apretujados en el coche we piled off the bus → salimos en avalancha or en tropel del autobús they piled onto the bus → se metieron apretujados en el autobús 2. (= attack) they piled into him → se abalanzaron sobre él pile in VI + ADV 1. (= get in) pile in! → ¡súbanse como puedan! pile on A. VI + ADV (= crowd on) → meterse a empujones, meterse apretujados B. VT + ADV he piled on more branches → echó más ramas they really pile the work on, don't they? → te dan muchísimo trabajo, ¿verdad? to pile on the agony → multiplicar el martirio he does rather pile it on → es un exagerado they were piling it on → estaban exagerando see also pressure A2 pile up A. VI + ADV 1. (= accumulate) [work] → amontonarse, acumularse black clouds were piling up on the horizon → el horizonte se estaba cargando or se llenaba de nubes negras 2. (= crash) [vehicle] → estrellarse, chocar; [vehicles] → estrellarse en cadena, chocar en cadena B. VT + ADV pile2 [paɪl] pile3 [paɪl] N [of carpet, cloth] → pelo m see also shag 4 pile [ˈpaɪl] n (= neat stack) → pile f in a neat pile → soigneusement empilés The clothes were folded and in a neat pile → Les vêtements étaient pliés et soigneusement empilés. to put sth in a pile → empiler qch to be stacked in a pile → être empilé The dirty plates had been stacked in a pile on the table → Les assiettes sales avaient été empilées sur la table. to be at the bottom of the pile (fig) → être en bas de l'échelle to be at the top of the pile (fig) → être en haut de l'échelle (= heap) → tas m a little pile of crumbs → un petit tas de miettes in a pile → en tas Her clothes lay in a pile beside the bed → Ses habits gisaient en tas au pied du lit. [carpet] → velours m (= lots) piles of sth → des tas de qch I've got piles of questions for you → J'ai des tas de questions à vous poser. to have piles of money → avoir des masses d'argent a pile of sth → un tas de qch I've got a pile of work to do → J'ai un tas de travail à faire. (= impressive house) → résidence f vt (= stack) → empiler She piled the newspapers in a corner of the room → Elle empila les journaux dans un coin de la pièce. He was piling clothes into the case → Il empilait les vêtements dans la valise. piled with sth Tables were piled high with local produce → Les produits du terroir s'empilaient sur les tables. trucks piled with luggage → des camions où s'empilent les bagages pile in vi → s'entasserThe gates have opened and the crowd are piling in → Les portes se sont ouvertes et la foule s'entasse. My uncle had a Transit van and we'd all pile in → Mon oncle avait une camionnette et nous nous y entassions tous. pile into vt fus (= enter in a disorganized way) → s'entasser dans They all piled into his car → Ils se sont tous entassés dans sa voiture. (= crash into) [vehicle] → s'encastrer pile on vt septo pile it on → en faire des tonnes I know you wanted a bit of sympathy, but you were really piling it on → Je sais que tu recherchais un peu de compassion, mais tu en faisais vraiment des tonnes. to pile on the pounds → accumuler les kilos pile out vi → sortir pêle-mêleA fleet of police cars arrived and dozens of officers piled out → Une escouade de voitures de police arriva et des dizaines d'agents en sortirent pêle-mêle. pile out of vt fus (= leave in a disorganized way) → sortir pêle-mêle deWe pulled into a parking lot and piled out of the car → Nous nous sommes arrêtés dans un parking et sommes sortis de la voiture pêle-mêle. pile up vt sep (= stack) → entasser vi (= form a pile) [papers, mail] → s'entasser (= mount up) [work, debts, problems] → s'accumuler The debts just kept piling up → Les dettes continuaient à s'accumuler. pile: pile bridge n → (Pfahl)jochbrücke f pile-driver n → Ramme f pile dwelling n → Pfahlbau m pile1 n (= heap) → Stapel m, → Stoß m; to put things in a pile → etw (auf)stapeln; her things lay or were in a pile → ihre Sachen lagen auf einem Haufen; he made a pile of the books → er stapelte die Bücher aufeinander; at the bottom/top of the pile (fig) → untenan/obenauf (inf: = large amount) → Haufen m, → Menge f, → Masse f; a great pile of work → eine Menge or Masse (inf) → Arbeit; piles of money/trouble/food → eine or jede Menge (inf) → Geld/Ärger/Essen; a pile of things to do → massenhaft zu tun (inf) (inf: = fortune) → Vermögen nt; to make a pile → einen Haufen Geld verdienen; to make one’s pile → sein Vermögen machen (= funeral pile) → Scheiterhaufen m (liter, hum, = building) → ehrwürdiges Gebäude (= atomic pile) → Atommeiler m vt → stapeln; a table piled high with books → ein Tisch mit Stapeln von Büchern; the sideboard was piled high with presents → auf der Anrichte stapelten sich die Geschenke pile2 n (= post) → Pfahl m pile3 n (of carpet, cloth) → Flor m pile1 [paɪl] 1. n 2. vt (stack) → impilare; (heap) → ammucchiare a table piled high with books → un tavolo coperto da pile di libri 3. vi (fam) pile in! → salta su! to pile into a car → stiparsi or ammucchiarsi in una macchina to pile on/off a bus → far ressa per salire sull'autobus/scendere dall'autobus pile on vt + adv to pile on the pressure (fam) → fare pressione to pile it on (fam) → esagerare, drammatizzare to pile work on sb → caricare qn di lavoro pile up 1. vi + adv (also) (fig) → accumularsi, ammucchiarsi 2. vt + adv → ammucchiare, accumulare pile1 [paɪl] 1. n 2. vt (stack) → impilare; (heap) → ammucchiare a table piled high with books → un tavolo coperto da pile di libri 3. vi (fam) pile in! → salta su! to pile into a car → stiparsi or ammucchiarsi in una macchina to pile on/off a bus → far ressa per salire sull'autobus/scendere dall'autobus pile on vt + adv to pile on the pressure (fam) → fare pressione to pile it on (fam) → esagerare, drammatizzare to pile work on sb → caricare qn di lavoro pile up 1. vi + adv (also) (fig) → accumularsi, ammucchiarsi 2. vt + adv → ammucchiare, accumulare pile2 [paɪl] n (of carpet, cloth) → pelo pile2 [paɪl] n (of carpet, cloth) → pelo pile3 [paɪl] n (Constr) → palo pile3 [paɪl] n (Constr) → palo n pile [pail] 1 a (large) number of things lying on top of each other in a tidy or untidy heap; a (large) quantity of something lying in a heap There was a neat pile of books in the corner of the room; There was pile of rubbish at the bottom of the garden. hoop كَوْمَه، عُرْمَه камара stoh, hromada bunke; dynge der Haufen στοίβα, σωρός montón, pila virn توده؛ کپه kasa pile עֲרֵימָה ढेर kup halom tumpukan hrúga pila, mucchio 積み重ね 더미 krūva, rietuvė, šūsnis kaudze; čupa timbunan stapel, hoop stabel, bunke, haug stos, sterta pilha grămadă стопка; кипа; груда kopa, hromada kup gomila hög, stapel, trave กอง yığın, küme 堆 в'язка, пакунок انبار đống: chồng 堆 2 a large quantity, especially of money He must have piles of money to own a car like that. hoop ثَرْوَه، مِقْدار كَبير من المال състояние moře bunke der Haufen μεγάλη ποσότητα montón, pila palju مقدار زیاد kasa paquet הָמוֹן כֶּסֶף ढेर, अंबार, राशि gomila nagy vagyon setumpuk ógrynni (gruzzolo), mucchio 大量 거액의 돈 krūva kaudze; žūksnis bertimbun-timbun hoop formue; haugevis med kupa montes teanc куча, масса more, kopa kup gomila en massa, högvis จำนวนมาก çok, bir yığın 大數目 купа دولت کا ذخيرہ số lượng lớn 大数目 v to make a pile of (something); to put (something) in a pile He piled the boxes on the table. stapel يُكَوِّم трупам naskládat dynge; stable aufhäufen στοιβάζω amontonar, apilar kuhjama انباشتن kasata empiler לַעֲרוֹם ढेर लगाना nagomilati felhalmoz menumpuk stafla ammucchiare, ammonticchiare 積み重ねる 쌓다 sudėti, sukrauti kraut kaudzē melonggokkan opstapelen stable, dynge układać empilhar a îngrămădi складывать;сваливать naukladať/dať na kopu zložiti na kup naređati stapla, trava สุมไว้เป็นกอง yığmak, kümelemek 堆積 складати в купу انبار لگانا xếp thành chồng 堆积 n pile-up an accident or crash involving usually several vehicles There has been a serious pile-up on the motorway, involving three cars and a lorry. kettingbotsing حادِث طُرُق لعِدَّة سَيّارات верижна катастрофа hromadná srážka harmonikasammenstød die Massenkarambolage καραμπόλα accidente múltiple, colisión ahelavarii تصادف چندین خودرو با هم ketjukolari carambolage תְּאונַת שַׁרשֶׁרֶת ढेर लगना nagomilati,razbiti (vozilo) ráfutásos baleset tabrakan beruntun margfaldur árekstur tamponamento 玉突き衝突 연쇄 충돌사고 susidūrimas vairāku mašīnu saskriešanās perlanggaran yg bertindan-tindih kettingbotsing kjedekollisjon karambol choque em cadeia столкновение hromadná zrážka verižno trčenje lančani sudar seriekrock รถชนกันหลายคัน zincirleme kaza 數輛汽車同時碰撞事故 зіткнення کئي گاڑيوں کا ايک ساتھ ايکسيڈنٹ vụ xe cộ đâm nhau 数辆汽车同时碰撞事故 pile up to make or become a pile; to accumulate He piled up the earth at the end of the garden; The rubbish piled up in the kitchen. ophoop يُكَوِّم натрупвам се nahromadit se samle; hobe sig op aufhäufen στοιβάζω, στοιβάζομαι amontonarse, acumularse kuhjama, kuhjuma انباشتن؛ جمع کردن kasaantua (s')entasser לְהֵיעַרֵם इकट्ठा होना, क्रम में होना या कराना nagurati,nagomilati (fel)halmoz menimbun hrúga; hlaðast upp ammassare, accumulare 積み重ねる 쌓다 su(si)kaupti kraut kaudzē; uzkrāties melonggokkan (zich) opstapelen hope seg opp, stable opp gromadzić się empilhar(-se) a (se) strânge накапливать(ся); скапливаться nahromadiť (sa) nakopičiti (se) nagomilati lägga upp i en hög, samla[], hopa[] กองสุม yığ(ıl)mak, birik(tir)mek 堆積 накопичувати ڈھير لگ جانا chất đống 堆积 pile2 n pile [pail] a large pillar or stake driven into the ground as a foundation for a building, bridge etc The entire city of Venice is built on piles. heipaal رَكيزَه، عَمود، خازوق пилон kůl pille; pæl der Pfahl πάσσαλος pilote, pilar vai ستون paalu pilot(is), pieu מוֹט-יְסוֹד भूस्तंभ, स्थूल zašiljen stup kao temelj (nosilac) cölöp pilar, tiang pancang burðarstólpi/-staur pila, pilastro 抗 말뚝, 강재(鋼材) polis pālis cerucuk heipaal påle, pæl pal estaca pilon свая kôl pilot stub påle ตอม่อ büyük kazık 樁 паля, стояк پل کا ستون عمارت کي شہتير cọc 桩 n pile-driver a machine for driving piles into the ground. paalheier مِدَق الرَّكائِز أو الخوازيق сонда beranidlo rambuk der Pfahlrammer μηχάνημα τοποθέτησης πασσάλων martinete ramm تیر کوب juntta sonnette מְכוֹנָה לִתקִיעַת מוֹטוֹת जमीन में खंभा डालने की एक मशीन zabijač teških stupova cölöpverő gép mesin pemancang fallhamar battipalo 抗打ち機 말뚝 박는 기계 poliakalė pāļdzinis penghentak cerucuk heimachine rambukk kafar bate-estacas sonetă копёр baranidlo zabijalo za pilote nabijač stubova pålkran เครื่องตอกเสาเข็ม şahmerdan, kazık tokmağı 打樁機 копер مشين جس سے ستون بنياد ميں ڈالا جائے máy đóng cọc 打桩机 pile3 n pile [pail] the thick soft surface of carpets and some kinds of cloth eg velvet The rug has a deep/thick pile. pool زَغَب мъх vlas luv der Flor πέλος pelo pinnavill پرز nukka poil (d'un tapis), (tissus à) poil גַבָּחָת एक विशेष प्रकार का कपड़ा dlakava strana (tkanine, saga) bolyh(osság) lapisan empuk flos pelo 毛 보풀 pūkas pūkas; vilna; uzkārsums pail pool lo włos, puszek pelo păr; pluş; parte scămoşată (a unei stofe) ворс vlas; srsť vlaknata površina čupava strana tepiha lugg, flor ขนกำมะหยี่ tüy, hav 絨面 ворс روئيں mặt thảm mịn 绒面 pile → خازوق hromada stak Haufen σωρός pila pino pile gomila pila 積み重ね 퇴적물 paal stabel stos pilha стопка hög กอง yığın đống 堆 How to thank TFD for its existence? 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