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Piles Definition
(noun)
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a heap of things laid or lying one on top of another
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he placed the books in a neat pile
tottering piles of dirty dishes
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(noun)
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a large imposing building or group of buildings
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a Victorian Gothic pile
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(noun)
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a series of plates of dissimilar metals laid one on another alternately to produce an electric current.
(noun)
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a nuclear reactor.
(verb)
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place (things) one on top of the other
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she piled all the groceries on the counter
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(verb)
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(of a group of people) get into or out of a vehicle or space in a disorganized manner
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ten of us piled into the minibus
we all piled in and headed off to our mysterious destination
my students piled out of three cars
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(noun)
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a heavy stake or post driven vertically into the bed of a river, soft ground, etc., to support the foundations of a superstructure.
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(noun)
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a triangular charge or ordinary formed by two lines meeting at an acute angle, usually pointing down from the top of the shield.
(verb)
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strengthen or support (a structure) with piles
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an earlier bridge may have been piled
(noun)
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the soft projecting surface of a carpet or a fabric such as velvet or flannel, consisting of many small threads
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the thick pile of the new rugs
deep-pile carpets
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(noun)
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haemorrhoids.
