Pile | Mean of pile in English Dictionary

/ˈpajəl/

• Noun
• a group of things that are put one on top of another
1. He put the magazines into a neat pile.
2. She raked the leaves into piles.
3. Take a card from the pile.
4. a pile of wood
5. a pile of clothes
• a very large amount of something
1. She had piles of work to do.
2. He makes a pile of money.
• a large amount of money
1. He made his pile and then retired.
2. He made a pile in the stock market.

• in a low or very unimportant position
1. He is at the bottom of the pile but should get a promotion soon.
2. The team finished the season at the bottom of the pile.
• in a high or very important position
1. With this promotion, he will be at the top of the pile.
2. The team finished the season at the top of the pile.
• Verb
• to put (something) in a pile
1. The campers piled [=stacked] wood for the fire.
2. The books were piled [=heaped] high on the table.
3. The teacher neatly piled up the students' papers.
• to put a large amount of things on or in (something)
1. He piled his plate with potatoes.
2. The chair was piled with clothes. [=there was a pile of clothes on the chair]
• to put (things or people) inside or on top of something in a quick and careless way
1. I piled all my clothes into one suitcase.
2. We piled the kids into the van.
3. He piled potatoes onto his plate.
• to enter or get on something (such as a building or vehicle) quickly
1. The kids piled [=crowded] into the van.
2. People piled into the theater.
3. We piled onto the sofa.
• to move into a place or vehicle quickly
1. She parked the van and we all piled in.
• to put a large amount of (something) on something or someone
1. He piled on the gravy.
2. The teacher punished the class by piling on more work. [=the teacher punished the class by giving them more work]
3. Her parents piled on the pressure to do well in school. [=her parents put a lot of pressure on her to do well in school]
• to join other people in criticizing something or someone in usually an unfair way
1. After the first few negative reviews, all the other critics started piling on.
• to move out of a place or a vehicle quickly
1. She parked the van, and the kids piled out.
2. The crowd piled out of the theater.
• to increase in amount or number to a total that is difficult to manage
1. Work piled up while she was on vacation.
2. The bills are piling up.
3. Traffic piled up because of the accident.
4. Snow piled up on the cars.
• Noun
• a soft surface of short threads on a rug, carpet, etc.
1. The rug has a thick pile.
2. It's a yellow rug with shaggy pile.
• a long stake or pointed post that is pushed into the ground to support something (such as a building)