Thursday, May 05, 2005

Pile Definitions

n. (1) A quantity of objects stacked or thrown together in a heap. (syn. heap) (2) A large accumulation or quantity. (3) A funeral pyre. (4) A very parge building or complex of buildings.

v. (1) To place or lay in or as if in a pile or heap. (2) To heap something in abundance. (3) To form a heap or pile. (4) To load (something) with a heap or pile. (5) To move in, out, or forward in a disorderly mass or group (pile into a bus; pile out of a car.)

n. A heavy beam of timber, concrete or steel, driven into the earth as a foundation or support for a structure.

n. A collection of objects laid on top of each other (heap, mound, cumulus)

syn. batch, mass, mess, muckle, slew, stack, wad, heap.

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