Tra từ pile - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

pile [pile piles piled piling] noun, verb BrE [paɪl] NAmE [paɪl]
noun
see also ↑piles
1. countable a number of things that have been placed on top of each other
•a pile of books/clothes/bricks
• He arranged the documents in neat piles.
• She looked in horror at the mounting pile of letters on her desk.
2. countable a mass of sth that is high in the middle and wider at the bottom than at the top
Syn: ↑heap
•a pile of sand
•piles of dirty washing
3. countable, usually plural ~ of sth (informal)a lot of sth
• I have got piles of work to do.
• He walked out leaving a pile of debts behind him.
4. uncountable, singular the short threads, pieces of wool, etc. that form the soft surface of carpets and some types of cloth such as ↑velvet
•a deep-pile carpet
•Corduroy is the poor man's velvet; its pile is made of cotton rather than silk or satin.
5. countable a large wooden, metal or stone post that is fixed into the ground and used to support a building, bridge, etc.
6. countable (formal or humorous)a large impressive building
•a Victorian pile built to house the mentally ill
•the ancestral pile

Word Origin:
v. and n. senses 1 to 3 n. sense 6 late Middle English Old French Latin pila ‘pillar, pier’ n. sense 5 Old English pīl ‘dart, arrow’ ‘pointed stake’ Germanic origin Dutch pijl German Pfeil Latin pilum ‘(heavy) javelin’ n. sense 4 Middle English ‘downy feather’ Latin pilus ‘hair’

Thesaurus:
pile noun C
•I found it under a pile of papers on my desk.
heap • • stack • • mound • • mass •
a pile/heap/stack/mound/mass of sth
in/into a pile/heap/stack/mound
make a pile/heap/mound
put sth on a pile/heap

Example Bank:
•He dumped a pile of dirty clothes onto the floor.
•He was busy behind a pile of papers on his desk.
•I grabbed a shirt from the top of the pile.
•I had piles of work to do.
•I leafed through the pile of documents until I found the one I wanted.
•I pulled my diary from beneath a pile of files.
•I put the letter in the envelope and placed it on the pile.
•I sorted the clothes into two piles.
•I sorted through the pile of documents until I found it.
•I've put the books into three separate piles.
•Just add that application to the pile.
•She closed the magazine and threw it back on the pile.
•The clothes were in a pile on the floor.
•The government is doing little to help those on the bottom of the social pile.
•The house was reduced to a pile of rubble.
•The money lay amid a pile of unopened letters.
•a pile of books
•He arranged the documents into neat piles.
•He was spreading a small pile of manure around the strawberry plants.
•I found it in a pile of papers on his desk.
•She was sorting the books into piles.
•The body was hidden under a pile of leaves.
•There was a pile of dirty washing on the floor.
Idioms: ↑make a pile ▪ ↑pile on the agony ▪ ↑top of the pile
Derived: ↑pile on ▪ ↑pile something on ▪ ↑pile something on somebody ▪ ↑pile up

verb
1. transitive to put things one on top of another; to form a pile
•~ sth She piled the boxes one on top of the other.
• The clothes were piled high on the chair.
•~ sth up Snow was piled up against the door.
2. transitive to put sth on/into sth; to load sth with sth
•~ A with B The sofa was piled high with cushions.
• He piled his plate with as much food as he could.
•~ B on(to) A He piled as much food as he could onto his plate.
•~ B in(to) A She piled everything into her suitcase.
see also ↑stockpile
3. intransitive + adv./prep. (informal) (of a number of people)to go somewhere quickly without order or control
•The coach finally arrived and we all piled on.
•Children were piling out of the school bus.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
v. and n. senses 1 to 3 n. sense 6 late Middle English Old French Latin pila ‘pillar, pier’ n. sense 5 Old English pīl ‘dart, arrow’ ‘pointed stake’ Germanic origin Dutch pijl German Pfeil Latin pilum ‘(heavy) javelin’ n. sense 4 Middle English ‘downy feather’ Latin pilus ‘hair’

Example Bank:
•She piled food onto our plates.
•They piled stones on top of the mound.
•We piled sandbags against the door.
•We piled the boxes up neatly.
•a table piled high with magazines
•She piled the boxes one on top of the other.
•The bell rang and kids started piling into the classroom.
•The bus finally arrived and we all piled on.