Word of the Day: Pile
A pile is a vertical stack of material. There are many different things that are found in a pile:
- He’s sitting on a pile of books.
- The books are in a pile.
- Someone is using a shovel to move a pile of dirt.
- She has a pile of laundry to do.
- The clothes are piled in a laundry basket. (This sentence uses “pile” as a verb.)
- There’s a pile of work on her desk.
- She’s buried under a pile of paper work.
This word can also be used as a verb:
| simple | past | past participle |
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pile
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piled
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piled
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- Traffic piles up on the highways during rush hour.
- Debt piles up when a person doesn’t have enough money to pay the bills.
- Snow piles up on roads and highways during a snowstorm.
- Your boss might pile on the work at your job.
- A person who is really hungry will pile a lot of food onto a plate.
Essential English Dictionary
Visit the Popular English Words Beginning with P page to see the list of all words starting with letter P. For seeing the HiCafe dictionary, visit the Popular English Words with Meaning page.
