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1.NounA mass of things heaped together; a heap.
2.NounA group or list of related items up for consideration, especially in some kind of selection process."When we were looking for a new housemate, we put the nice woman on the "maybe" pile, and the annoying guy on the "no" pile"
3.NounA mass formed in layers."a pile of shot"
4.NounA funeral pile; a pyre.
5.NounA large amount of money."He made a pile from that invention of his."
6.NounA large building, or mass of buildings.
7.NounA bundle of pieces of wrought iron to be worked over into bars or other shapes by rolling or hammering at a welding heat; a fagot.
8.NounA vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals (especially copper and zinc), laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity; a voltaic pile, or galvanic pile.
9.NounA beam, pole, or pillar, driven completely into the ground, usually as one of a group that constitutes a foundation.
10.NounAn atomic pile; an early form of nuclear reactor.
11.NounThe reverse (or tails) of a coin.
12.NounA list or league
13.VerbTo lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to collect into a mass; to accumulate"They were piling up wood on the wheelbarrow."
14.VerbTo cover with heaps; or in great abundance; to fill or overfill; to load."We piled the camel with our loads."
15.VerbTo add something to a great number.
16.Verb(of vehicles) To create a hold-up.
17.VerbTo place (guns, muskets, etc.) together in threes so that they can stand upright, supporting each other.
18.VerbTo form a pile or heap."Junk piled on the floor as we searched the attic for the old photograph albums."
19.NounA dart; an arrow.
20.NounThe head of an arrow or spear.
21.NounA large stake, or piece of pointed timber, steel etc., driven into the earth or sea-bed for the support of a building, a pier, or other superstructure, or to form a cofferdam, etc.
22.NounOne of the ordinaries or subordinaries having the form of a wedge, usually placed palewise, with the broadest end uppermost.
23.VerbTo drive piles into; to fill with piles; to strengthen with piles.
24.NounA hemorrhoid.
25.NounHair, especially when very fine or short; the fine underfur of certain animals. (Formerly countable, now treated as a collective singular.)
26.NounThe raised hairs, loops or strands of a fabric; the nap of a cloth.
27.VerbTo give a pile to; to make shaggy.
28.NounA battery (simple device for converting chemical potential energy into usable electricity).
(Can we verify this sense?) A battery consisting of repeated units of alternating types of metal; voltaic pile.
29.Noun(Can we verify this sense?) A battery consisting of repeated units of alternating types of metal; voltaic pile.