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piles [paɪlz] pl n
(Medicine / Pathology) a nontechnical name for haemorrhoids [from Latin pilae balls (referring to the appearance of external piles)] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
piles plural noun haemorrhoids More women than men suffer from piles. Translations piles [ˈpaɪlz] npl (= haemorrhoids) → hémorroïdes fpl to suffer from piles → avoir des hémorroïdes pile-up pileup [ˈpaɪlʌp] (US) n → carambolage m a 54-car pile-up → un carambolage impliquant 54 voitures piles pl → Hämorr(ho)iden pl How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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That's geometrical progression - you know how that piles up. Allan, most earnestly, but I didn't shut my eyes to pray, for I knew the only way God could save me was to let the flat float close enough to one of the bridge piles for me to climb up on it. The eight great polished columns stood up in the dusk like so many huge piles supporting the threatening, crumbling, big-bellied cliffs whose layers were represented by the circular, parallel, waving lines of the balconies of the grand, first and second tiers of boxes. |
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