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noun | verb stackstack1 /stæk/ ●●○ S3 noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYstack1Origin: 1200-1300 Old Norse stakkr THESAURUSlarge amount/mass► pilea)a large mass of things collected together or thrown together: He swept the leaves into a pile.b)a neat collection of several things of the same kind placed on top of each other: The folded laundry was separated into three piles. ► heap a large messy pile of things: A heap of clothes lay on the floor. ► mound a pile of something with a round shape: He came back from the buffet with a huge mound of food on his plate. ► stack a neat pile of things: There was a stack of books in the middle of the table. ► drift a large pile of snow, sand, etc. that has been blown by the wind: The car slid into a ten-foot snow drift by the side of the road. 1 a neat pile of things, one on top of the other SYN pile: stack of a stack of books stacks of unopened boxes► see thesaurus at pile12the stacks [plural] the rows of shelves in the part of a library where most of the books are kept3a stack of something (also stacks of something) informal a large amount: We get stacks of junk mail every day.4computers a temporary store of information on a computer5a tall chimney6a large pile of grain, grass, etc. that is stored outside [Origin: 1200–1300 Old Norse stakkr] → see also blow your top/stack at blow1 (10), haystack noun | verb stackstack2 ●●○ verb VERB TABLEstack |
Present | I, you, we, they | stack | | he, she, it | stacks | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | stacked | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have stacked | | he, she, it | has stacked | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had stacked | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will stack | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have stacked |
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Present | I | am stacking | | he, she, it | is stacking | | you, we, they | are stacking | Past | I, he, she, it | was stacking | | you, we, they | were stacking | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been stacking | | he, she, it | has been stacking | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been stacking | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be stacking | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been stacking |
1[intransitive, transitive] (also stack up) to form a neat pile or make things into a neat pile: These chairs stack easily. Stack the plates up here.2[transitive usually passive] to put piles of things on a place or in a place: stack with The coffee table was stacked with magazines.3stack the shelves to put goods for sale onto the shelves in a store, especially a food store4stack the deck/cards a)informal to make a situation difficult so that someone cannot succeed: stack against In business, the deck is often stacked against women. b)informal to arrange cards dishonestly in a game5[intransitive, transitive] (also stack up) if aircraft stack or are stacked around an airport, they are made to fly around it until they can land → see also the odds are (stacked) against somebody/something at odds (1)stack up phrasal verb informal1used to talk about how good something is when compared to something else SYN compare: stack up against How does my kids’ school stack up against others?2if a number of things stack up, they gradually collect or get stuck in one place: My phone messages had started to stack up. |