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
151. I soon discovered I was at the bottom of the pile in the office hierarchy.
152. He rummaged about among the pile of old books, but didn't find that novel.
153. To sleep on, we improvised a mattress from a pile of blankets.
154. They didn't start being generous till they had make their pile.
155. I'd recommend that you take a pile of tissues with you when you see that film - it's a real tear jerker!
156. When I saw the pile of dirty dishes, my heart sank.
157. They have got a pile of exam papers to mark.
158. I leafed through the pile of documents until I found the one I wanted.
159. She swept the pile of papers and books into her bag.
160. I've got an enormous pile of papers to plough through.
161. He made a pile selling computers and retired by the time he was forty.
162. The car was now just a pile of twisted metal.
163. There's a pile of newspapers in the corner have you looked underneath?
164. She fished a piece of paper out of the pile on her desk.
165. The campers amassed a large pile of branches before starting their fire.
166. She always puts her own needs to the bottom of the pile.
167. He balanced the plate on the top of a pile of books.
168. He left his clothes in a muddled pile in the corner.
169. Work tends to pile up if I don't keep on top of it.
170. I used a pile of books as a rest for my telescope.
171. Eventually I found the certificate tucked under a pile of old letters.
172. It's probably not as bad as she says she does tend to pile it on.
173. Her feet sank into the thick pile of the rug.
174. A pile of branches was burning in the yard.
175. Worms are attracted to a healthy outdoor pile.
176. A pile as big as this!
177. Nothing stinks like a pile of unpublished writing. Sylvia Plath
178. Maybe in the bleak light of dawn Kathy arranged a pile of twigs on the beach.
179. The art deco cinema was closed; a round pile of elegance put off for good.
180. Dozens of black cabs pile down the ramp below Euston.