pile on in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for pile on in the English»French Dictionary

I.pile [Brit pʌɪl, Am paɪl] N

III.pile [Brit pʌɪl, Am paɪl] VB trans

IV.pile [Brit pʌɪl, Am paɪl] VB intr inf

I.top [Brit tɒp, Am tɑp] N

II.top [Brit tɒp, Am tɑp] ADJ

1. top (highest):

dernier/-ière
top division SPORTS
premier/-ière
to get top marks SCHOOL

IV.top <pres part topping; pret, pp topped> [Brit tɒp, Am tɑp] VB trans

to top oneself refl < pres part topping; pret, pp topped> inf:

il pousse! inf
to be the tops inf, dated

I.cheap [Brit tʃiːp, Am tʃip] ADJ

1. cheap article, meal, cut of meat, flight, service:

to be cheap inv

II.cheap [Brit tʃiːp, Am tʃip] ADV inf

I.hold <pret, pp held> [Brit həʊld, Am hoʊld] VB trans

II.hold <pret, pp held> [Brit həʊld, Am hoʊld] VB intr

IV.hold [Brit həʊld, Am hoʊld] N

See also take, seize, grasp, grab, catch up, catch out, catch

I.take [Brit teɪk, Am teɪk] N

II.take <pret took, pp taken> [Brit teɪk, Am teɪk] VB trans

10. take (require) activity, course of action:

III.take <pret took, pp taken> [Brit teɪk, Am teɪk] VB intr

I.grasp [Brit ɡrɑːsp, Am ɡræsp] N

II.grasp [Brit ɡrɑːsp, Am ɡræsp] VB trans

I.grab [Brit ɡrab, Am ɡræb] N

II.grab <pres part grabbing; pret, pp grabbed> [Brit ɡrab, Am ɡræb] VB trans

III.grab <pres part grabbing; pret, pp grabbed> [Brit ɡrab, Am ɡræb] VB intr

I.catch up VB [Brit katʃ -, Am kætʃ, kɛtʃ -] (catch up)

II.catch up VB [Brit katʃ -, Am kætʃ, kɛtʃ -] (catch [sb/sth] up)

III.catch up VB [Brit katʃ -, Am kætʃ, kɛtʃ -] (catch [sth] up in) (tangle)

I.catch out VB [Brit katʃ -, Am kætʃ, kɛtʃ -] (catch [sb] out)

I.catch [Brit katʃ, Am kætʃ, kɛtʃ] N

II.catch <pret, pp caught> [Brit katʃ, Am kætʃ, kɛtʃ] VB trans

14. catch SPORTS → catch out

15. catch (trick) → catch out

16. catch (manage to reach) → catch up

III.catch <pret, pp caught> [Brit katʃ, Am kætʃ, kɛtʃ] VB intr

I.board [Brit bɔːd, Am bɔrd] N

IV.board [Brit bɔːd, Am bɔrd] VB trans

I.side [Brit sʌɪd, Am saɪd] N

1. side (part):

␂enfrenre-Brit-s␂ in behalf of ␂enfrenre-Am-s␂">

pile on in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for pile on in the English»French Dictionary

See also onto, off

onto, on to [ˈɒntu:, Am ˈɑ:ntu:] PREP

III.off [ɒf, Am ɑ:f] ADJ inv

IV.off [ɒf, Am ɑ:f] N no pl Brit

V.off [ɒf, Am ɑ:f] VB trans Am inf (kill)

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
The fossilized bacteria pile on top of one another, in a rather haphazard manner.
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The occiput is white, with some black pile on its dorsal sixth; its eye being long and black.
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The shield is party per fess: upper a wolf courant to dexter, armed and langued, lower three annulets argent in pile on azure.
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The 55-year-old felt fat and frumpy as years of unhealthy eating led her to pile on the pounds without even noticing.
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There is a steel staircase from the inside of the private building down to a small rock pile on the cave floor.
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It is a clever device which allows him to pile on the tension between anxiety (the solo recitative interjections) and belief (the choral delivery of the hymn stanzas).
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Then more and more people pile on until only the barest trace of legitimate behavior remains...
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Play was rough: players would pile on fallen players, walk on them, kick them, including in the face, pull on arms and legs and stuff dirt in each other's mouths.
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So after the third new deal and no more moves possible, the two left over cards are dealt as if they each have a reserve pile on their own.
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There may be an individual or communal dung pile on the periphery of the territory.
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