pile¹ /pīl/

1. A set of things fitted or resting one over another, or in a more or less regular figure
2. A heap of combustibles for cremating a dead body, or for the burnt-offering, or for burning to death
3. A set of weights fitting one within another
4. A stack of arms
5. A heap of shot
6. A set of wrought-iron bars placed together for welding and rolling into one
7. A series of alternate plates of two metals for generating an electric current
8. A set of coins placed vertically one upon another
9. A great amount of money, a fortune (slang)
10. A large amount or supply (informal)
11. A tall building
12. A nuclear reactor, orig the graphite blocks forming the moderator for the reactor (obsolete)
13. The under iron for striking coins (obsolete)
14. The reverse of a coin (obsolete)

1. To lay in a pile or heap
2. To collect in a mass
3. To heap up or load in a heap or heaps
4. To accumulate
5. To weld and roll (several iron bars) into one

1. To come into piles
2. To accumulate
3. To go in crowds
4. To get in or out (with in or out; informal)

pīˈler noun

pileˈ-cap noun

1. The top of a nuclear reactor
2. See also under pile²

pileˈ-up noun

A large-scale collision, esp of motor vehicles

pile arms

To prop three muskets, orig with fixed bayonets, so that the butts remain firm, the muzzles close together pointing obliquely (also stack arms)

pile into

To collide with

pile it on (informal)

To overdo or exaggerate something

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