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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
Synonyms
Examples for "heap up"
Examples for "heap up"
1
He was too generous to others to heap up money for himself.
Pixie O'Shaughnessy
2
Why do I heap up riches, without asking who shall gather them?
Eugene Aram — Volume 05
3
But it is useless to heap up evidence; the inference is sufficiently clear.
The Psychology of Beauty
4
He called upon his servants to heap up wood around him.
The Children of Odin: The Book of Northern Myths
5
You cannot even heap up their names, their poor little names of nobodies.
Under Fire: The Story of a Squad
1
All supported water storage, but said the numbers did not stack up.
Radio NZ
2
So how do pay ratios in the voluntary sector currently stack up?
The Guardian
3
Fierce competition has driven down prices and margins as costs stack up.
Reuters
4
The latter has since won, so the form should stack up here.
News.com.au
5
It would be interesting to see how they stack up, said Sparrow.
Wired
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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United States of America
Common
Ireland
Common
New Zealand
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