English noun: pile | |||
1. | pile (group) a collection of objects laid on top of each other | ||
Synonyms | agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus, heap, mound | ||
Broader (hypernym) | accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | compost heap, compost pile, dunghill, funeral pyre, midden, muckheap, muckhill, pyre, scrapheap, shock, slagheap, stack, stockpile, woodpile | ||
2. | pile (quantity) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent | ||
Samples | A batch of letters. A deal of trouble. A lot of money. He made a mint on the stock market. See the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos. It must have cost plenty. A slew of journalists. A wad of money. | ||
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 | ||
Broader (hypernym) | large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | deluge, flood, haymow, inundation, torrent | ||
3. | pile (possession) a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit) | ||
Samples | She made a bundle selling real estate. They sank megabucks into their new house. | ||
Synonyms | big bucks, big money, bundle, megabucks | ||
Broader (hypernym) | money | ||
Domain usage | argot, cant, jargon, lingo, patois, slang, vernacular | ||
4. | pile (body) 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 | ||
Broader (hypernym) | hair | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | lanugo | ||
5. | pile (artifact) battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta | ||
Synonyms | galvanic pile, voltaic pile | ||
Broader (hypernym) | battery, electric battery | ||
6. | pile (artifact) a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure | ||
Synonyms | piling, spile, stilt | ||
Broader (hypernym) | column, pillar | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | sheath pile, sheet pile, sheet piling | ||
7. | pile (artifact) the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave | ||
Samples | For uniform color and texture tailors cut velvet with the pile running the same direction. | ||
Synonyms | nap | ||
Broader (hypernym) | thread, yarn | ||
8. | pile (artifact) a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy | ||
Synonyms | atomic pile, atomic reactor, chain reactor | ||
Broader (hypernym) | nuclear reactor, reactor | ||
English verb: pile | |||
1. | pile (contact) arrange in stacks | ||
Samples | Heap firewood around the fireplace. Stack your books up on the shelves. | ||
Examples | They pile their rifles on the cabinet | ||
Synonyms | heap, stack | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | arrange, set up | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | cord, rick | ||
2. | pile (motion) press tightly together or cram | ||
Samples | The crowd packed the auditorium. | ||
Synonyms | jam, mob, pack, throng | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | crowd, crowd together | ||
3. | pile (contact) place or lay as if in a pile | ||
Samples | The teacher piled work on the students until the parents protested. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | lay, place, pose, position, put, set | ||