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1. phrasal verbIf you pile up a quantity of things or if they pile up, they gradually form a pile. Bulldozers piled up huge mounds of dirt. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Mail was still piling up at the office. [VERB PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verbIf you pile up work, problems, or losses or if they pile up, you get more and more of them. Problems were piling up at work. [VERB PARTICLE] He piled up huge debts. [VERB PARTICLE noun] More Synonyms of pile up See full dictionary entry for pile
Word forms: plural pile-upsregional note: in AM, use pileupcountable nounA pile-up is a road accident in which a lot of vehicles crash into each other. ...a 54-car pile-up. Synonyms: collision, crash, accident, smash More Synonyms of pile up pile up in British Englishverb (adverb)1. to gather or be gathered in a pile; accumulate 2. informal to crash or cause to crash noun pile-up3. informal a multiple collision of vehicles pile-up in British English (ˈpaɪlʌp) nouna road traffic accident involving several vehicles Police are warning motorists of a pile-up on the M6. a 54-car pile-up Examples of 'pile up' in a sentencepile up In other languagespile up British English: pile-up / ˈpaɪlʌp/ NOUN A pile-up is a road accident in which a lot of vehicles crash into each other. ...a 54-car pile-up. - American English: pileup
- Arabic: إِصْطِدَام
- Brazilian Portuguese: engavetamento tráfego
- Chinese: 数辆车同时碰撞事件
- Croatian: lančani sudar
- Czech: hromadná srážka
- Danish: harmonikasammenstød
- Dutch: kettingbotsing
- European Spanish: choque en cadena
- Finnish: ketjukolari
- French: carambolage
- German: Massenkarambolage
- Greek: καραμπόλα
- Italian: tamponamento a catena
- Japanese: 山積み
- Korean: 연쇄 충돌
- Norwegian: opphopning
- Polish: nagromadzenie
- European Portuguese: choque em cadeia tráfego
- Romanian: accident în lanț
- Russian: массовая автокатастрофа
- Latin American Spanish: choque en cadena
- Swedish: seriekrock
- Thai: รถชนกันหลายคัน
- Turkish: yığılmak
- Ukrainian: велика аварія
- Vietnamese: tai nạn liên hoàn
Chinese translation of 'pile up' vi - [papers]
堆积(積) (duījī) - [problems, work]
积(積)累(纍) (jīlěi)
See pile Definition to gather or be gathered in a pile Her mail had piled up inside the front door. Definition a traffic accident involving several vehicles (informal) a 54-car pile-up Synonyms smash-up (informal) multiple collision Additional synonymsDefinition an unpleasant event that causes damage, injury, or death She was involved in a serious car accident last week. Synonyms crash, smash, wreck, collision, pile-up (informal), smash-up (informal) Definition to accumulate or collect We didn't enquire as to how she had amassed her fortune. Synonyms collect, gather, assemble, compile, accumulate, aggregate, pile up, garner, hoard, scrape together, rake up, heap up Definition to gather (objects, such as stamps) as a hobby or for study Two young girls were collecting firewood. Synonyms gather, save, assemble, heap, accumulate, aggregate, amass, stockpile, hoard- piker
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Additional synonymsDefinition a sudden descent of an aircraft as a result of which it crashes a car crash Synonyms collision, accident, smash, wreck, prang (informal), bump, pile-up (informal), smash-up, jar, joltDefinition a violent collision of vehicles He was near to death after a car smash. Synonyms collision, crash, accident, pile-up (informal), smash-up (informal) |