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piling::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | pile, spile, stilt |
| Type of | column, pillar |
| Has types | sheath pile, sheet pile, sheet piling |
Examples of piling
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Say all those things are true, and the losses start piling up just as your fear.
From the kansas.com
Piling on more debt now will stunt rather than stimulate growth in the long run.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Part of the problem may be piling all these local governments into one election.
From the dailyherald.com
Dan Hawkins was fired after piling up 39 defeats in less than five full seasons.
From the denverpost.com
Mail destined for affected cities was embargoed, and began piling up by the ton.
From the time.com
Glennon was not on the field when East Carolina was piling up 158 yards rushing.
From the inrich.com
Iona is riding high after piling up 437 yards of offense in a win over Stepinac.
From the lohud.com
It is useful to tally up the ironies that are piling up outside the Veep's door.
From the time.com
It's entirely possible, too, given how determinedly they've been piling them up.
From the washingtontimes.com
- A collection of objects laid on top of each other
- Stack: arrange in stacks; "heap firewood around the fireplace"; "stack your books up on the shelves"
- Batch: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money"
- Throng: press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the auditorium"
- A large sum of money (especially as pay or profit); "she made a bundle selling real estate"; "they sank megabucks into their new house"
- Place or lay as if in a pile; "The teacher piled work on the students until the parents protested"
- A pile is an abstract data structure for storing data in a loosely ordered way. There are two different usages of the term; one refers to an ordered deque, the other to an improved heap.
- In heraldry, a pile is a charge usually counted as one of the ordinaries (figures bounded by straight lines and occupying a definite portion of the shield).
- In textiles, pile is the raised surface or nap of a fabric, which is made of upright loops or strands of yarn."Pile." The Oxford English Dictionay. 2nd ed. 1989. Examples of pile textiles are carpets, corduroy, velvet, plush, and Turkish towels. . The word is derived from Latin pilus for "hair"
