pile

Definitions of pile in various dictionaries:

noun - a collection of objects laid on top of each other

noun - (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

noun - a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)

noun - fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)

noun - battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series

noun - a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure

noun - the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave

noun - a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy

verb - arrange in stacks

verb - press tightly together or cram

verb - place or lay as if in a pile

A quantity of objects stacked or thrown together in a heap.

A large accumulation or quantity: a pile of trouble.

A large sum of money; a fortune: made their pile in the commodities market.

A funeral pyre.

A very large building or complex of buildings.

A nuclear reactor.

A voltaic pile.

To place or lay in or as if in a pile or heap: piled books onto the table.

To load (something) with a heap or pile: piled the table with books.

To heap (something) in abundance: piled potato salad onto the plate.

To form a heap or pile.

To move in, out, or forward in a disorderly mass or group: pile into a bus; pile out of a car.

To accumulate.

To undergo a serious vehicular collision.

A heavy beam of timber, concrete, or steel, driven into the earth as a foundation or support for a structure.

A wedge-shaped charge pointing downward.

A Roman javelin.

To drive piles into.

To support with piles.

Cut or uncut loops of yarn forming the surface of certain fabrics, such as velvet, plush, and carpeting.

The surface so formed.

Soft, fine hair, fur, or wool.

verb - to lay one upon the other