Noun : a pile of papers; a pile of bricks. ,a pile of work. ,the noble pile of Windsor Castle. ,They made a pile on Wall Street. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : to pile up the fallen autumn leaves. ,to pile up money; squirrels piling up nuts against the winter. ,He piled the wagon with hay. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used without object) : to pile off a train. ,The snow is piling up on the roofs. From Dictionary.com.
No man, the more I think about this, the more it looks win piled on win. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » New Study: Manmade Global Warming Contributing To Increase In Wildfires] Reference
You know that big ship's anchor and chain piled up behind the coal-sheds?. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl Who Had Not Grown Up] Reference
It seems that with its collapse, the coins piled up there among the building debris. From Wordnik.com. [Treasure Trove!] Reference
What needs my Shakespeare for his honoured bones The labour of an age in piled stones?. From Wordnik.com. [Milton As An Empire Builder] Reference
He stared down in surprise at the glittering coins piled together in the chest. From Wordnik.com. [The Valley of Adventure]
The picture quickly made its way around the Web, and interpretations of the president's expression piled up. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
There was no choice, so the party "piled" into the carryall. From Wordnik.com. [The Bobbsey Twins at the Seashore] Reference
And now it's kind of piled up on the beach, and there are pieces of plywood. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 10, 2005] Reference
You can see it's kind of piled up next to a Wendy's behind it still standing. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 14, 2008] Reference
I disagreed with how someone characterized something and then got kind of piled on. From Wordnik.com. [Scott Brown Posed in Cosmo’s Center-Fold 28 Years Ago — And So What? - Dan_Perrin’s blog - RedState] Reference
Seems like everything that's been happening has just kind of piled on. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Would he let the beautiful Anita know that he had been ignominiously "piled" by that pinto horse?. From Wordnik.com. [Sundown Slim] Reference
Rode in motorcycle sidecar – six others piled on. From Wordnik.com. [Cigarette Diaries] Reference
As the years passed, our legislative achievements piled up. From Wordnik.com. [‘God Bless My Friend’] Reference
Crews piled 900 tons of lead bricks around the tower's base. From Wordnik.com. [Righting One Wrong Tower] Reference
Continue "bombing" until the goods are piled high in the streets. From Wordnik.com. [International Letters: Killing Taliban Pows] Reference
Remember how Yuppie hotshots all piled into real estate a decade ago. From Wordnik.com. [The Net Goes Mainstream] Reference
Debris from at least five apartment blocks is piled four stories high. From Wordnik.com. [Hurting and Homeless] Reference
Dirty clothes are piled next to antitank missiles and boxes of grenades. From Wordnik.com. [The Grunt's War] Reference
While the reports piled up, corrupt officials kept stealing with impunity. From Wordnik.com. [Shame, The Virtual Weapon] Reference
Each time the market has dipped since 1987, individual bargain hunters have piled in. From Wordnik.com. [The End Of Easy Money] Reference
And so, too, is speculation, as momentum investors have piled into the commodity markets. From Wordnik.com. [Now It’s the $6 Loaf of Bread] Reference
Michael O'Connor, 32, and Mark McEntee, 34, piled on and forced the gunman down on a seat. From Wordnik.com. [Death Ride] Reference
These moves eliminated the huge backlogs of simple matters piled up on senior officials 'desks. From Wordnik.com. [From Worst to Near First] Reference
So did buses and streetcars; mail went undelivered; garbage piled up on Stuttgart's tidy streets. From Wordnik.com. [Germany's Chaotic Spring] Reference
He drove fast and piled up traffic tickets, and had a reputation for running through girlfriends. From Wordnik.com. [The Hunt For The Anthrax Killer] Reference
More so than ever before, the United States piled on to the heap of things for Europeans to debate. From Wordnik.com. [The New, New Europe] Reference
Joints like the ankles were placed between two boards, then rocks were piled on the top board until the bones cracked. From Wordnik.com. [Letter From New York: Taxi Torture] Reference
Stuck in a no man's land between defending and denouncing his actions, he seemed to shrink onstage as Oprah and her guests piled on. From Wordnik.com. [The Wrath of Oprah] Reference
Then, a half dozen of those strawberries, with their green hulls intact, are piled into a small cup and put on every patient's tray. From Wordnik.com. [Case Study: Fresh Ideas About Food] Reference
In May, they said, Moussaoui piled everything he owned into his "junker" white Ford Taurus and driven away, leaving no forwarding address. From Wordnik.com. [Neighbors] Reference
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