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.
Is that what you call piling a MASSIVE deficit onto future generations, children (little people). From Wordnik.com. Reference
If it does, grain piling up will be the least of your worries. From Wordnik.com. [Discourse.net: OK, This I Don't Like] Reference
I jumped out of my sleeping bag and begin piling more wood and pine bows on the fire. From Wordnik.com. [A Tale of Survival] Reference
Greece led the peripheral countries in piling up debts that it had little hope of ever repaying. From Wordnik.com. [Borrowers of Euroland are Proving Einstein's Theory of Insanity Right] Reference
In Evidence that we should freak out, episode I, RC3 points me to Grain piling up in Canadian ports | FP Passport. From Wordnik.com. [Discourse.net: OK, This I Don't Like] Reference
The panel started buzzing and flashing, calls piling up. From Wordnik.com. [Civvies]
I like the idea of piling the blankets and the quilts on the ground. From Wordnik.com. [Catching up on sleep] Reference
CROWLEY: Clinton's campaign put out a post-debate web video called piling on. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 7, 2007] Reference
Then came what was known as a piling-bee, a perfect riot of hard work, cinders, and dirt. From Wordnik.com. [Home Life in Colonial Days] Reference
For Tea Party purists, the notion of piling that sum onto the federal books should be anathema. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference
We started from the bottom up just playing with the idea of piling up a few branches, just as if we were burning wood. From Wordnik.com. [recent posts - blip.tv (beta)] Reference
She doesn't deserve this kind of piling on either. From Wordnik.com. [Nowadays Love Is a Matter of Chance, Matrimony a Matter of Money, and Divorce a Matter of Course] Reference
Ms. PEARL: Oh, such as piling them up and using them as a table. From Wordnik.com. [Librarian Nancy Pearl's 2009 Under-The-Radar Books] Reference
And I know that we have tons of those miles just kind of piling up. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 26, 2007] Reference
The young children were assigned small tasks, such as piling brush in. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1] Reference
And now people are kind of piling on, giving help and that was really moving for me. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 10, 2005] Reference
It was this kind of piling on that the media did to Al Gore, and this time around Hillary Clinton appears to be the target. From Wordnik.com. [Breaking: Hillary Campaign Goes To War With MSNBC Over Chelsea "Pimp" Comment] Reference
GAINES: Looking at all the bills that were kind of piling up and knowing that you didn't know where that next dollar was coming from. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 16, 2009] Reference
It might be fair to say that we wouldn't have had as big a presence if we weren't all kind of piling on and saying. From Wordnik.com. [Joystiq] Reference
But in the meantime, get used to the piling-on concept. From Wordnik.com. [Profiting From The Darkness] Reference
But the hard choices are piling up for cash-strapped states like Michigan. From Wordnik.com. [Get Out of Jail, Free] Reference
But Better Business Bureaus say complaints are piling up against many of them. From Wordnik.com. [Too Good To Be True?] Reference
If you keep piling snow on a mountaintop, there will eventually be an avalanche. From Wordnik.com. [A Call For ‘Radical Change’] Reference
With cash piling up, the government has begun to pay off Soviet-era foreign debt. From Wordnik.com. [Too Much Money] Reference
Their workmanlike prose and shapeless piling up of anecdotes don't help the narrative. From Wordnik.com. [Knocking Down The Kings Of Beer] Reference
"Ford and GM have more brands than anyone, but Toyota is piling up the money," says Tutak. From Wordnik.com. [THE GAS MISERS] Reference
My strong view is that we are not going to succeed simply by piling on more and more troops. From Wordnik.com. [A Highly Logical Approach] Reference
Stop tossing these plastic contraptions into the garbage and start piling up the recycling bin. From Wordnik.com. [Tech Notes] Reference
For several years now, Scalia's juridical shots have been piling up on the other side of the court. From Wordnik.com. [Why The Court Needs A Liberal] Reference
For the last 10 years Coelho has lived in midtown Manhattan, piling up money as an investment banker. From Wordnik.com. [Al Gore’S Best Hope] Reference
Meanwhile, nuclear waste keeps piling up -- and the odds of its falling into the wrong hands increases. From Wordnik.com. [The Waste Problem] Reference
The thought of piling under a man to make love may hold all the appeal of being thrown into a garbage scow. From Wordnik.com. [Don't Give Up On Sex After 60] Reference
And yet, dealers have a four-month supply of Tahoes piling up on their lots, twice the inventory they need. From Wordnik.com. [Back on the Road] Reference
Plus, the U.S. economy is still a major consumer of their exports, and they will be piling up dollars in any case. From Wordnik.com. [Why Debt Hasn’t Killed Us Yet] Reference
But will it enhance global trade and investing, or just slow it down, by piling on time-consuming reporting requirements?. From Wordnik.com. [Players to Watch in 2006] Reference
But when it comes to markets, piling on by taking advantage of the weak is called "opportunism," and it can get you a big bonus. From Wordnik.com. [Profiting From The Darkness] Reference
When it comes to football, "piling on" a player who's already been tackled is a major penalty that can set your team back a long way. From Wordnik.com. [Profiting From The Darkness] Reference
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