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II . pile up VB trans

1. pile up (increase):

2. pile up (pile):

pile-up [ˈpaɪlʌp] N

1. pile-up inf (car crash):

2. pile-up (accumulation):

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Ice jams (sometimes called an ice dam), when broken chunks of ice pile up, are the greatest ice hazard on rivers.
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The bills pile up and the two grow apart from each other.
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Wind and currents can pile up that ice to form ridges up to several metres in height.
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Waste began to pile up, and diseases such as tuberculosis began to appear.
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The atoms pile up at the anode, voids are generated at the cathode and back stress is induced during electromigration.
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He couldn't avoid the fallen rider and the resulting crash caused a multiple rider pile up.
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They aren't motivated to change direction upon contact, so they pile up and grow over each other.
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It took a good many generations to pile up those successive layers with discards from shellfish dinners.
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As they began to pile up, we realized we needed a better system.
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Through landslides, granite blocks pile up at the base of the cliffs and create open spaces or caves.
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