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A mass of things heaped together; a heap.

A group or list of related items up for consideration, especially in some kind of selection process.

Example: When we were looking for a new housemate, we put the nice woman on the "maybe" pile, and the annoying guy on the "no" pile

A mass formed in layers.

Example: a pile of shot

A funeral pile; a pyre.

(often used with the preposition "up") To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to collect into a mass; to accumulate

Example: They were piling up wood on the wheelbarrow.

To cover with heaps; or in great abundance; to fill or overfill; to load.

Example: We piled the camel with our loads.

To add something to a great number.

(of vehicles) To create a hold-up.

A dart; an arrow.

The head of an arrow or spear.

A large stake, or piece of pointed timber, steel etc., driven into the earth or sea-bed for the support of a building, a pier, or other superstructure, or to form a cofferdam, etc.

One of the ordinaries or subordinaries having the form of a wedge, usually placed palewise, with the broadest end uppermost.

To drive piles into; to fill with piles; to strengthen with piles.

(usually in the plural) A hemorrhoid.

Hair, especially when very fine or short; the fine underfur of certain animals. (Formerly countable, now treated as a collective singular.)

The raised hairs, loops or strands of a fabric; the nap of a cloth.

To give a pile to; to make shaggy.