pile
noun
1 pile
A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
synonyms: agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus, heap, mound.
Roget 161:
production,
creation,
construction,
formation,
fabrication,
manufacture;
building,
architecture,
erection,
edification;
coinage;
diaster†;
organization;
nisus formativus [Lat.];
putting together
etc.
v.;
establishment;
workmanship,
performance;
achievement
etc.
(completion)
729.
flowering,
fructification;
inflorescence.
bringing forth
etc.
v.;
parturition,
birth,
birth-throe,
childbirth,
delivery,
confinement,
accouchement,
travail,
labor,
midwifery,
obstetrics;
geniture†;
gestation
etc.
(maturation)
673;
assimilation;
evolution,
development,
growth;
entelechy [Phil.];
fertilization,
gemination,
germination,
heterogamy [Biol.],
genesis,
generation,
epigenesis†,
procreation,
progeneration†,
propagation;
fecundation,
impregnation;
albumen
etc.
357.
spontaneous generation;
archegenesis†,
archebiosis†;
biogenesis,
abiogenesis†,
digenesis†,
dysmerogenesis†,
eumerogenesis†,
heterogenesis†,
oogenesis,
merogenesis†,
metogenesis†,
monogenesis†,
parthenogenesis,
homogenesis†,
xenogenesis1†;
authorship,
publication;
works,
opus,
oeuvre.
biogeny†,
dissogeny†,
xenogeny†;
tocogony†,
vacuolization.
edifice,
building,
structure,
fabric,
erection,
pile,
tower,
flower,
fruit.
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Dutch: cumulatie, cumulus, pool
Polish: kopiec, kupa, sterta, stos
2 pile
often followed by `of' A large number or amount or extent.
synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad ... show more.
Roget 72:
assemblage;
collection,
collocation,
colligation†;
compilation,
levy,
gathering,
ingathering,
muster,
attroupement†;
team;
concourse,
conflux†,
congregation,
contesseration†,
convergence
etc.
290;
meeting,
levee,
reunion,
drawing room,
at home;
conversazione [It]
etc.
(social gathering)
892;
assembly,
congress;
convention,
conventicle;
gemote†;
conclave
etc.
(council)
696;
posse,
posse comitatus [Lat.];
Noah's ark.
miscellany,
collectanea†;
museum,
menagerie
etc.
(store)
636;
museology†.
crowd,
throng,
group;
flood,
rush,
deluge;
rabble,
mob,
press,
crush,
cohue†,
horde,
body,
tribe;
crew,
gang,
knot,
squad,
band,
party;
swarm,
shoal,
school,
covey,
flock,
herd,
drove;
atajo†;
bunch,
drive,
force,
mulada [U.S.];
remuda†;
roundup [U.S.];
array,
bevy,
galaxy;
corps,
company,
troop,
troupe,
task force;
army,
regiment
etc.
(combatants)
726;
host
etc.
(multitude)
102;
populousness.
clan,
brotherhood,
fraternity,
sorority,
association
etc.
(party)
712.
volley,
shower,
storm,
cloud.
group,
cluster,
Pleiades,
clump,
pencil;
set,
batch,
lot,
pack;
budget,
assortment,
bunch;
parcel;
packet,
package;
bundle,
fascine†,
fasces†,
bale;
seron†,
seroon†;
fagot,
wisp,
truss,
tuft;
shock,
rick,
fardel†,
stack,
sheaf,
haycock†;
fascicle,
fascicule†,
fasciculus [Lat.],
gavel,
hattock†,
stook†.
accumulation
etc.
(store)
636;
congeries,
heap,
lump,
pile,
rouleau†,
tissue,
mass,
pyramid;
bing†;
drift;
snowball,
snowdrift;
acervation†,
cumulation;
glomeration†,
agglomeration;
conglobation†;
conglomeration,
conglomerate;
coacervate [Chem],
coacervation [Chem],
coagmentation†,
aggregation,
concentration,
congestion,
omnium gaterum [Lat.],
spicilegium†,
black hole of Calcutta;
quantity
etc.
(greatness)
31.
collector,
gatherer;
whip,
whipper in.
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Roget 800:
money,
legal tender;
money matters,
money market;
finance;
accounts
etc.
811;
funds,
treasure;
capital,
stock;
assets
etc.
(property)
780;
wealth
etc.
803;
supplies,
ways and means,
wherewithal,
sinews of war,
almighty dollar,
needful,
cash;
mammon.
[colloquial terms for money]
dough,
cabbage.
money-like instruments,
M1,
M2,
sum,
amount;
balance,
balance sheet;
sum total;
proceeds
etc.
(receipts)
810.
currency,
circulating medium,
specie,
coin,
piece [Fr.],
hard cash,
cold cash;
dollar,
sterling coin;
pounds shillings and pence;
Ls. d.;
pocket,
breeches pocket,
purse;
money in hand,
cash at hand;
ready money,
ready cash;
slug [U.S.],
wad [Slang]
wad of bills [U.S.],
wad of money,
thick wad of bills,
roll of dough [Coll.];
rhino†,
blunt†,
dust†,
mopus†,
tin†,
salt†,
chink†;
argent comptant [Lat.];
bottom dollar,
buzzard dollar†;
checks,
dibs [Slang].
[specific types of currency]
double eagle,
eagle;
Federal currency,
fractional currency,
postal currency;
Federal Reserve Note,
United States Note,
silver certificate†,
gold certificate†;
long bit,
short bit [U.S.];
moss,
nickel,
pile [Slang],
pin money,
quarter [U.S.],
red cent,
roanoke†,
rock [Slang];
seawan†,
seawant†;
thousand dollars,
grand [Coll.].
[types of paper currency, U.S.]
single,
one-dollar bill;
two-dollar bill;
five-dollar bill,
fiver [Coll.],
fin [Coll.],
Lincoln;
ten-dollar bill,
sawbuck;
twenty-dollar bill,
Jackson,
double sawbuck;
fifty-dollar bill;
hundred-dollar bill,
C-note.
[types of U.S. coins: list]
penny,
cent,
Lincoln cent,
indian head penny,
copper
[1700-1900];
two-cent piece three-cent piece [Fr.],
half-dime†,
nickel,
buffalo nickel,
V nickel†,
dime,
disme†,
mercury dime†,
quarter,
two bits,
half dollar,
dollar,
silver dollar,
Eisenhower dollar,
Susan B.
Anthony dollar†.
precious metals,
gold,
silver,
copper,
bullion,
ingot,
nugget.
petty cash,
pocket money,
change,
small change,
small coin,
doit†,
stiver†,
rap,
mite,
farthing,
sou,
penny,
shilling,
tester,
groat,
guinea;
rouleau†;
wampum;
good sum,
round sum,
lump sum;
power of money,
plum,
lac of rupees.
major coin,
crown;
minor coin.
monetarist,
monetary theory.
[Science of coins]
numismatics,
chrysology†.
[coin scholar or collector]
numismatist.
paper money,
greenback;
major denomination,
minor denomination;
money order,
postal money order,
Post Office order;
bank note;
bond;
bill,
bill of exchange;
order,
warrant,
coupon,
debenture,
exchequer bill,
assignat†;
blueback [U.S.],
hundi†,
shinplaster [U.S.].
note,
note of hand;
promissory note,
I O U;
draft,
check,
cheque,
back-dated check;
negotiable order of withdrawal,
NOW.
remittance
etc.
(payment)
807;
credit
etc.
805;
liability
etc.
806.
drawer,
drawee†;
obligor†,
obligee†;
moneyer†,
coiner.
false money,
bad money;
base coin,
flash note,
slip†,
kite [Slang];
fancy stocks;
Bank of Elegance.
argumentum ad crumenam [Lat.].
letter of credit.
circulation,
multiplier effect.
[variation in the value of currency]
inflation,
double-digit inflation,
hyperinflation,
erosion of the currency,
debasement of the currency;
deflation;
stagflation.
[relative value of two currencies]
exchange rate,
rate of exchange,
floating exchange rates,
fixed rates.
[place to exchange currencies]
currency counter,
currency exchange,
bureau de change [Fr.].
gold-backed currency,
gold standard,
silver standard.
bank account,
savings account,
checking account,
money market account,
NOW account,
time deposit,
deposit,
demand deposit,
super NOW account;
certificate of deposit,
CD.
[money symbols]
$ [U.S.],
US$ [U.S.];
Y;
A$.
[authorities controlling currency]
Federal Reserve Bank [U.S.],
central bank [U.S.];
Federal Reserve Board,
board of governors of the Federal Reserve;
Treasury Department;
Secret Service.
[place where money is manufactured]
mint,
bureau of engraving.
[government profit in manufacturing money]
seigniorage.
[false money]
counterfeit,
funny money,
bogus money,
(falsehood)
545.
[cost of money]
interest,
interest rate,
discount rate.
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Dutch: bende, berg, boel, bom, bulk, bups, een groot aantal, hoop, kluit, kwak, lading, massa, pak, partij, schep, smak, stelletje, stoot, troep, veelheid, vracht, zooi, zwik ... show more
Polish: legion, zastęp, armia, tabun
3 pile
A large sum of money (especially as pay or profit).
synonyms: big bucks, big money, bundle, megabucks.
Dutch: fortuin, kapitaal
Polish: ciężka forsa, drogie pieniądze, ciężki grosz, ciężki pieniądz
4 pile
Fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs).
synonym: down.
Roget 256:
roughness
etc.
adj.;
tooth,
grain,
texture,
ripple;
asperity,
rugosity†,
salebrosity†,
corrugation,
nodosity†;
arborescence†
etc.
242;
pilosity†.
brush,
hair,
beard,
shag,
mane,
whisker,
moustache,
imperial,
tress,
lock,
curl,
ringlet;
fimbriae,
pili,
cilia,
villi;
lovelock;
beaucatcher†;
curl paper;
goatee;
papillote,
scalp lock.
plumage,
plumosity†;
plume,
panache,
crest;
feather,
tuft,
fringe,
toupee.
wool,
velvet,
plush,
nap,
pile,
floss,
fur,
down;
byssus†,
moss,
bur;
fluff.
knot
(convolution)
248.
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Dutch: baan
Polish: meszek
5 pile
Battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta.
synonyms: galvanic pile, voltaic pile.
6 pile
A column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure.
synonyms: piling, spile, stilt.
7 pile
The yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave:
— For uniform color and texture tailors cut velvet with the pile running the same direction.
synonym: nap.
Polish: włos
8 pile
verb
1 pile
Arrange in stacks.
synonyms: heap, stack.
Dutch: accumuleren, cumuleren, opeenhopen
2 pile
Press tightly together or cram.
synonyms: jam, mob, pack, throng.
Roget 72:
assemble
[be or come together],
collect,
muster;
meet,
unite,
join,
rejoin;
cluster,
flock,
swarm,
surge,
stream,
herd,
crowd,
throng,
associate;
congregate,
conglomerate,
concentrate;
precipitate;
center round,
rendezvous,
resort;
come together,
flock get together,
pig together;
forgather;
huddle;
reassemble.
[get or bring together]
assemble,
muster;
bring together,
get together,
put together,
draw together,
scrape together,
lump together;
collect,
collocate,
colligate†;
get,
whip in;
gather;
hold a meeting;
convene,
convoke,
convocate†;
rake up,
dredge;
heap,
mass,
pile;
pack,
put up,
truss,
cram;
acervate†;
agglomerate,
aggregate;
compile;
group,
aggroup†,
concentrate,
unite;
collect into a focus,
bring into a focus;
amass,
accumulate
etc.
(store)
636;
collect in a dragnet;
heap Ossa upon Pelion.
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Dutch: omstuwen
3 pile
Place or lay as if in a pile.
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