(Often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent.
To put together several things in one pile; to arrange in stacks.
A column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure.
A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
Другие значения термина "pile" 1 Britain currently pays about £40bn a year to finance its debt pile .
2 There'll be a pile of paper on my desk that needs attention.
3 The questions pile on top of one another: Do you believe him?
4 Now the pile of paper was not just burning; it was blazing.
5 One way is to have market participants pile on to the trend.
6 For a long time, nothing much happens: a conical pile slowly accumulates.
7 Tom North ordered a pile placed in the carriage; the hammer descended.
8 He patted a pile of tip money left by oil company executives.
9 The sand was handled from the stock pile in the same manner.
10 And it was no more the sole impressive pile in the borough.
11 A deal could also put News Corp's pile of cash to use.
12 One example is a pile of sand growing slowly, grain by grain.
13 Under a pile of flowers the coffin was carried to the grave.
14 Just a moment later a figure dashed out from behind the pile .
15 There was a pile of them in the corner of the room.
16 It was in Bloomsbury, and not in a pile of new buildings.
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