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pile 2, verb (oh)



2 v [T]
[always + adverb/preposition] to fill a place or container or cover a surface with a large amount of things
pile sth into/onto etc sth
::He piled bread and milk into his basket.
::Melissa piled spaghetti onto her plate.
be piled with sth
::a chair piled with velvet cushions
::The room was piled high with boxes (=filled with a lot of boxes) .
also pile up
to arrange things in a pile
::Ma stacked the cups and piled the plates.
pile sth on/onto sth
::She brushed her hair and piled it carefully on top of her head.
pile in phr v
if people pile in, they get into a vehicle very quickly
::Pierre came to pick them up, and they all piled in.
pile on [pile sth ¡û¡ú on] phr v
pile it on/pile on the drama
to talk about something in a way that makes it seem much worse than it really is
-synonym exaggerate exaggerate
::I know I'm piling it on a bit, but there is a serious point to be made.
pile on the pressure/agony
to show that you are much better than your opponent in a game
::England piled on the pressure from the start.
pile on the pounds
to gain a lot of body weight
::She slimmed down a couple of years ago but has piled on the pounds again.
pile out phr v
if people pile out, they leave a place or get out of a vehicle quickly and in a disorganized way
::Edward parked by the river and we all piled out.
pile up phr v
to increase in quantity or amount, in a way that is difficult to manage
::It wasn't long before the debts were piling up.
::The traffic starts piling up around this time.
::The work has a tendency to pile up if I'm not careful.
pile sth ¡û¡ú up
to arrange things in a pile
::tiny doughnuts piled up in a dish
-see also pile-up