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Meanings of pile up in English

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To put together several things in one pile; to arrange in stacks.

        Portuguese
        amontoar
        Catalan
        reunir-se
        Spanish
        recoger

        To get or gather together.

            amontoar
            Spanish
            amontonar

            Arrange into piles or stacks.

                  amontonar
                  Usage of pile up in English
                  1
                  They would begin to pile up in a heap in a minute.
                  Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp; Or, The Old Lumberman's Secret
                  2
                  They pile up the wood and the women scatter flowers upon it.
                  The Wagner Story Book: Firelight Tales of the Great Music Dramas
                  3
                  As the credit card bills pile up, it's time to take stock.
                  The Irish Times
                  4
                  Of course, it was his own fault for letting them pile up.
                  Think of a number
                  5
                  Lies once begun, pile up; and lies require lies to bolster them.
                  Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 / Little Jou...
                  6
                  He went into the shed, and began to pile up the wood.
                  Rollo at Work
                  7
                  You see I had to pile up some evidence for the inquest.
                  The Thirty-Nine Steps
                  8
                  You could watch it happen but it didn't stay and pile up.
                  The whole world: a novel
                  9
                  Those pesky foreigners may stymie recovery again and pile up more debt.
                  The Guardian
                  10
                  At Zhong Xian more coal-black concrete factories pile up the river bank.
                  Full Circle
                  11
                  I have the money craze, an uncontrollable lust to pile up millions.
                  The Mask: A Story of Love and Adventure
                  12
                  The whole mass ground together, stopped, and began rapidly to pile up.
                  The Blazed Trail
                  13
                  Prospero had commanded Ferdinand to pile up some heavy logs of wood.
                  Tales from Shakespeare
                  14
                  IT professionals have demonstrated a willingness to pile up IT certifications .
                  Reuters
                  15
                  Bobbing entrails are raised aloft, artificial limbs pile up with glistening bodies.
                  The Irish Times
                  16
                  And on them life is apt to trample, misfortunes to pile up.
                  The Camp Fire Girls in the Outside World
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                  Translations for pile up
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                  Common
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                  Common
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