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Past tense for to place (things) one on top of the other
“They walked around the old wooden house to pile the wood in an orderly stack by the front door.”
Past tense for to be stacked or loaded with
“Pile the excess pineapples with the rest of the tropical fruits in storage.”
Past tense for to cram or squeeze into a confined space
“Sometimes, up to eight people have to pile into the small tents.”
Past tense for to accumulate, collect or store away a certain amount of something
“I was eating indiscriminately during my holiday and would begin to pile on the pounds.”
(pile on/up) Past tense for to increase or cause to increase in quantity
“If your kid warms up to this kind of talk, ramp up the praise and pile on the compliments whenever possible.”
Past tense for to move in a group, often in a hurried manner
“A large crowd would pile into the museum to marvel at the dinosaur skeletons, the weather stations, and the planetarium.”
Past tense for to put or store in a regular place
Past tense for to move or rush in a headlong or uncontrolled way
Past tense for to load, or be loaded, heavily with
Past tense for to group together into a single mass or body
Past tense for to provide in abundance
(of plants, fruits, etc.) Past tense for to collect for food
Past tense for to form into a group or groups
Arranged into ordered groups or classifications
Having been accumulated or amassed
Scattered with a disorderly mixture of objects that take up space
(of a knot) Closely packed
Formed of separate units collected or accumulated into a whole
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