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pile
noun(pile)
the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave
Synonyms: nap,
Examples:
For uniform color and texture tailors cut velvet with the pile running the same direction.
pile
noun(pile)
a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)
Synonyms: big bucks, big money, bundle, megabucks,
pile
verb(pile)
arrange in stacks
Synonyms: heap, stack,
pile
noun(pile)
fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
Synonyms: down,
pile
noun(pile)
a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
Synonyms: piling, spile, stilt,
pile
noun(pile)
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
Synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad,
pile
noun(pile)
a collection of objects laid on top of each other
Synonyms: agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus, heap, mound,
pile
verb(pile)
press tightly together or cram
Synonyms: jam, mob, pack, throng,
pile
noun(pile)
a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy
Synonyms: atomic pile, atomic reactor, chain reactor,
pile
noun(pile)
battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta
Synonyms: galvanic pile, voltaic pile,
pile
verb(pile)
place or lay as if in a pile
Examples:
The teacher piled work on the students until the parents protested.

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