piling

[หˆpสฐaษชฬฏษซlษชล‹]

IPA: /P AY1 L IH0 NG/

verb
  1. 1

    (often used with the preposition "up") To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to collect into a mass; to accumulate

    โ€œThey were piling up wood on the wheelbarrow.โ€

  2. 2

    To cover with heaps; or in great abundance; to fill or overfill; to load.

    โ€œWe piled the camel with our loads.โ€

  3. 3

    To add something to a great number.

  4. 4

    (of vehicles) To create a hold-up.

  5. 5

    To place (guns, muskets, etc.) together in threes so that they can stand upright, supporting each other.

Synonyms

verb
  1. 1

    To drive piles into; to fill with piles; to strengthen with piles.

verb
  1. 1

    To give a pile to; to make shaggy.

noun
  1. 1

    A structural support comprising a length of wood, steel, or other construction material.

  2. 2

    The act of heaping up.

  3. 3

    (ironworking) The process of building up, heating, and working fagots or piles to form bars, etc.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pile, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/piling