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Verb
/pīl/,
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piles, plural;
  1. Furnish with a pile
    • - a thick-piled carpet
Noun
  1. The soft projecting surface of a carpet or of a fabric such as velvet or flannel, consisting of many small threads

  1. a collection of objects laid on top of each other
  2. stack: arrange in stacks; "heap firewood around the fireplace"; "stack your books up on the shelves"
  3. 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"
  4. throng: press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the auditorium"
  5. a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit); "she made a bundle selling real estate"; "they sank megabucks into their new house"
  6. place or lay as if in a pile; "The teacher piled work on the students until the parents protested"
  7. 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.
  8. 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).
  9. 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"
  10. A deep foundation is a type of foundation distinguished from shallow foundations by the depth they are embedded into the ground. ...
  11. } Pileru or Piler (పీలేరు) is a town, Mandal and a Major panchayat and Legislative Assembly constituency in Chittoor district the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Pileru and its surroundings are famous for Agriculture...and it is located on junction of the National Highways (NH 18 and NH 205).
  12. A dart; an arrow; The head of an arrow or spear; A large stake, or piece of pointed timber, steel etc. ...
  13. (piler) One who piles something
  14. (piles) Haemorrhoids; A large amount of
  15. (piling) A structural support comprised of a length of wood, steel, or other construction material
  16. (piler) a farm implement, used to pound, or cut the beards from barley in winnowing [beard: a tuft, growth, or part resembling or suggesting a human beard]
  17. (Piles) 1. A term in use since the 15th century for hemorrhoids. 2. A street name for crack cocaine.
  18. (PILES) A support made of wood, concrete or other material that is driven or embedded into the ground. Examples include wood pilings used with elevated, coastal homes.
  19. (PILES) Long posts driven into the soil in swampy locations, or whenever it is difficult to secure a firm foundation, upon which the foundation footing is laid.
  20. (PILES) Term used in structural engineering for the joint plates.
  21. (Piles (Haemorrhoids)) are swellings of the blood vessels within the anus. They are very common. The common symptoms are bright red bleeding, pain, itching, swelling and popping out (prolapse) whilst passing a stool or at other times
  22. (Piles (Other)) A term reserved for a pile of indeterminate origin that contains hazardous substances.
  23. (Piles) Concrete columns driven or cast in subsoil as foundations
  24. (piles) In the course of office work, it is common for people to organize documents in terms of piles, such as an in-box, out-box, a pile of urgent items, and a pile of less urgent items. From a perspective of sensemaking, piles are an external representation with several interesting properties. ...
  25. (piles) debility of the bowels due to ascarides (small white thread worms).