Synonym: batch, collection, heap, mound, slew, stack. Similar words: pile up, pill, spill, pilot, pillow, happily, tile, file. Meaning: [paɪl] n. 1. a collection of objects laid on top of each other 2. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent 3. a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit) 4. fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs) 5. battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta 6. a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure 7. the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave 8. a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy. v. 1. arrange in stacks 2. press tightly together or cram 3. place or lay as if in a pile.
Random good picture Not show
121. The soldier fired the rifle through a narrow aperture in a pile of sandbags.
122. Pile some more wood on—let's have a really big fire.
123. She's parked an enormous pile of papers on my desk and I haven't a clue what to do with them.
124. The television was precariously balanced on top of a pile of books.
125. Please pile your homework books neatly on the table as you leave.
126. As the aeroplane went down the runway the wing touched a pile of rubble.
127. The entire pile shifted and slid, thumping onto the floor.
128. I have a pile of papers to get through before my leaving.
129. He was busy behind a pile of papers on his desk.
130. The work has a tendency to pile up if I'm not careful.
131. They've got a great big Victorian pile somewhere out in the country.
132. I pulled my diary from beneath a pile of files.
132. Wish you can benefit from our online sentence dictionary and make progress every day!
133. Pick over the fruit and pile on top of the cream.
134. Why do you have to pile in every street fight that we happen to pass?
135. Giles was tucking his pile of books under his arm.
136. He had a pile of books in his arms .
137. I've pile of papers to get through before the meeting.
138. Someone had propped the fire door open with a pile of books.
139. I was looking for my handbag, which was buried under a pile of old newspapers.
140. Things aren't really that bad-she does tend to pile it on.
141. The government is doing little to help those on the bottom of the social pile.
142. Don't fuss me, honey, I've got a whole pile of work to do.
143. All that remains of yesterday's car crash is a pile of mangled metal.
144. We have to dispose of this pile of old papers and magazines.
145. Back then I could bolt down three or four burgers and a pile of French fries.
146. I bet they made an absolute pile out of the deal.
147. I nearly gave myself a rupture lifting that pile of books.
148. The boy was staggering beneath the weight of a pile of boxes.
149. It's been 20 years since a British tennis player was at the top of the pile.
150. She looked quickly through the papers, sifting out from the pile anything that looked interesting.