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• she piled the boxes one on top of the other.
• the clothes were piled high on the chair.
• snow was piled up against the door.
• the sofa was piled high with cushions.

pile

1. to put things one on top of another; to form a pile
• She piled the boxes one on top of the other.
• The clothes were piled high on the chair.
• Snow was piled up against the door.
2. to put something on/into something; to load something with something
• see also stockpile
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• The sofa was piled high with cushions.
• He piled his plate with as much food as he could.
• He piled as much food as he could onto his plate.
• She piled everything into her suitcase.
3. to go somewhere quickly without order or control
• The coach finally arrived and we all piled on.
• Children were piling out of the school bus.
4. to make an unpleasant situation worse
• Bosses piled on the agony with threats of more job losses.

Extra Examples

• She piled food onto our plates.
• They piled stones on top of the mound.
• We piled sandbags against the door.
• We piled the boxes up neatly.
• a table piled high with magazines
• She piled the boxes one on top of the other.
• The bell rang and kids started piling into the classroom.
• The bus finally arrived and we all piled on.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they pile
• he / she / it piles
• past simple piled
• past participle piled
• -ing form piling

Word Origin

• verb ,late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin pila ‘pillar, pier’.