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piles [paɪlz] N

piles pl inf:

piles

I . pile1 [paɪl] N

1. pile (heap):

stos m
sterta f

2. pile (a lot):

a pile [or piles] of sth
to make a pile inf

3. pile a. iron (building):

gmach m

pile2 [paɪl] N ARCHIT

pile3 [paɪl] N

pile of fabric, carpet:

meszek m

I . pile in(to) VB intr

II . pile in(to) VB trans

pile off VB intr

pile out VB intr

pile out PHRVB pile off

See also pile off

pile off VB intr

I . pile up VB intr

2. pile up (mass items):

pile-driver N TECH

pile-up N inf

Usage examples with piles

a pile [or piles] of sth

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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Gradually, piles of envelopes began to clutter up the living room where she worked.
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Kids, out of school for President's Day, tossed branches into piles.
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It designed the car to stack up superlatives like a pre-schooler piles blocks: heedlessly.
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The sweepings were gathered into little piles at the gutter.
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Most of these piles were made from trunks of alder trees, a wood noted for its water resistance.
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The garden's edges are already dotted with piles of logs, habitat for my slow worms and stag beetles.
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He arranged the crockery in piles, fixed the design and had it gold-plated as a contrast.
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New body parts may be obtained and equipped by examining bone piles or fragmentary skeletons scattered throughout the landscape.
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It is also a laxative and considered useful in habitual constipation, piles and haemorrhoids and as an emetic.
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The bell will eventually stop when the dry piles are depleted of charge if the clapper does not wear out first.
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