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Rider Haggard, Cleopatra/Book_II/Chapter_XI), Book II: The Fall of Harmachis, Chapter XI", "text": "I climbed through, and, standing on a pile of stones, lifted and dragged Cleopatra after me.", "type": "quotation" } ], "glosses": [ "A mass of things heaped together; a heap." ], "id": "en-pile-en-noun-vIKCS2rT", "links": [ [ "heap", "heap" ] ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "kawm", "sense": "heap", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "كَوْم" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "arz", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "kōma", "sense": "heap", "tags": [ "Egyptian-Arabic", "feminine" ], "word": "كومة" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "ary", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ʕurram", "sense": "heap", "tags": [ "Moroccan-Arabic" ], "word": "عرام" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "kuyt", "sense": "heap", "word": "կույտ" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "šeġǰ", "sense": "heap", "word": "շեղջ" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "dez", "sense": "heap", "word": "դեզ" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "zangvac", "sense": "heap", "word": "զանգված" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "kup", "sense": "heap", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "куп" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "kamara", "sense": "heap", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "камара" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "heap", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "pila" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "duī", "sense": "heap", "word": "堆" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "heap", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "hromada" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "heap", "word": "stapel" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "heap", "word": "stako" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "gur", "lang": "Farefare", "sense": "heap", "word": "kuko" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "gur", "lang": "Farefare", "sense": "heap", "word": "gilgo" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "heap", "word": "kasa" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "heap", "word": "pino" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "heap", "word": "läjä" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "heap", "word": "röykkiö" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "heap", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "monceau" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "heap", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "tas" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "heap", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "pile" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "heap", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Haufen" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "heap", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Stoß" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "heap", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Stapel" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "heap", "tags": [ "South-German", "Swiss", "feminine" ], "word": "Beige" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "heap", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Halde" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "sorós", "sense": "heap", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "σωρός" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "sōrós", "sense": "heap", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "σωρός" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "sṓreuma", "sense": "heap", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "σώρευμα" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "thís", "sense": "heap", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "θίς" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "haw", "lang": "Hawaiian", "sense": "heap", "word": "paila" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "sense": "heap", "word": "עֲרֵמָה" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "heap", "word": "halom" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "heap", "word": "tumpukan" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "heap", "word": "mytty" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "heap", "word": "koko" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "heap", "word": "ropja" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "heap", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "carnán" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "heap", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "mucchio" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "heap", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "catasta" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "heap", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "pila" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "heap", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "ammasso" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "heap", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "ingorgo" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "alt": "つみかさね", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "tsumikasane", "sense": "heap", "word": "積み重ね" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "alt": "やま", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "yama", "sense": "heap", "word": "山" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "mudeogi", "sense": "heap", "word": "무더기" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "heap", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "cumulus" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "heap", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "struēs" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "heap", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "krūvà" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "heap", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "kaũpas" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "heap", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "haug" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "heap", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "stabel" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "om", "lang": "Oromo", "sense": "heap", "word": "tuuluu" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "koppe", "sense": "heap", "word": "کپه" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "tude", "sense": "heap", "word": "توده" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "kut", "sense": "heap", "word": "کوت" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "heap", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "stos" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "heap", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "sterta" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "heap", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "pilha" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "heap", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "monte (desordenado)" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "qu", "lang": "Quechua", "sense": "heap", "word": "pirwa" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "qu", "lang": "Quechua", "sense": "heap", "word": "qullu" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "heap", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "grămadă" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "kúča", "sense": "heap", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "ку́ча" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "grúda", "sense": "heap", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "гру́да" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "stópka", "sense": "heap", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "сто́пка" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "sa", "lang": "Sanskrit", "roman": "nicaya", "sense": "heap", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "निचय" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "sa", "lang": "Sanskrit", "roman": "rāśi", "sense": "heap", "tags": [ "feminine", "masculine" ], "word": "राशि" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "heap", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "montón" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "heap", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "hög" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "heap", "word": "pil" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "heap", "word": "yığmak" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "heap", "word": "yığın" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "uga", "lang": "Ugaritic", "roman": "qmṣ", "sense": "heap", "word": "𐎖𐎎𐎕" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "kúpa", "sense": "heap", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "ку́па" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "heap", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "moncea" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "heap", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "hopea" }, { "_dis1": "61 2 2 5 2 0 4 4 7 8 2 4", "code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "heap", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "pile" } ] }, { "categories": [], "examples": [ { "text": "When we were looking for a new housemate, we put the nice woman on the \"maybe\" pile, and the annoying guy on the \"no\" pile", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "A group or list of related items up for consideration, especially in some kind of selection process." ], "id": "en-pile-en-noun-wSOnmq65", "raw_glosses": [ "(informal) A group or list of related items up for consideration, especially in some kind of selection process." ], "tags": [ "informal" ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "3 66 2 1 2 0 4 5 3 2 2 11", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "group or list of related items", "word": "pino" }, { "_dis1": "3 66 2 1 2 0 4 5 3 2 2 11", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "group or list of related items", "word": "kasa" }, { "_dis1": "3 66 2 1 2 0 4 5 3 2 2 11", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "group or list of related items", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "pile" }, { "_dis1": "3 66 2 1 2 0 4 5 3 2 2 11", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "group or list of related items", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "gruppo" }, { "_dis1": "3 66 2 1 2 0 4 5 3 2 2 11", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "group or list of related items", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "mucchio" }, { "_dis1": "3 66 2 1 2 0 4 5 3 2 2 11", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "group or list of related items", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "lista" }, { "_dis1": "3 66 2 1 2 0 4 5 3 2 2 11", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "group or list of related items", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "elenco" } ] }, { "categories": [], "examples": [ { "text": "a pile of shot", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "A mass formed in layers." ], "id": "en-pile-en-noun-HyTb6h8b", "links": [ [ "mass", "mass" ] ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "5 2 79 0 1 4 2 2 1 2 1 1", "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "pačka", "sense": "mass formed in layers", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "пачка" }, { "_dis1": "5 2 79 0 1 4 2 2 1 2 1 1", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "mass formed in layers", "word": "kasa" }, { "_dis1": "5 2 79 0 1 4 2 2 1 2 1 1", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "mass formed in layers", "word": "läjä" }, { "_dis1": "5 2 79 0 1 4 2 2 1 2 1 1", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "mass formed in layers", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "pile" }, { "_dis1": "5 2 79 0 1 4 2 2 1 2 1 1", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "mass formed in layers", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "pila" }, { "_dis1": "5 2 79 0 1 4 2 2 1 2 1 1", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "mass formed in layers", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "catasta" } ] }, { "glosses": [ "A funeral pile; a pyre." ], "id": "en-pile-en-noun-mXQa8v7v", "links": [ [ "pyre", "pyre" ] ] }, { "categories": [], "examples": [ { "text": "He made a pile from that invention of his.", "type": "example" }, { "ref": "1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 192", "text": "When they are at work they live most frugally, denying themselves every comfort and luxury till they have made a \"pile.\"", "type": "quotation" } ], "glosses": [ "A large amount of money." ], "id": "en-pile-en-noun-5Dkl-f2V", "links": [ [ "money", "money" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(slang) A large amount of money." ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "bundle" }, { "tags": [ "informal" ], "word": "mint" }, { "tags": [ "colloquial" ], "word": "small fortune" } ], "tags": [ "slang" ] }, { "categories": [], "examples": [ { "ref": "1892, Thomas Hardy, The Well-Beloved", "text": "It was dark when the four-wheeled cab wherein he had brought Avice from the station stood at the entrance to the pile of flats of which Pierston occupied one floor[…]", "type": "quotation" }, { "ref": "2021 September 22, Stephen Roberts, “The writings on the wall...”, in RAIL, number 940, page 75", "text": "He [Winston Churchill] was born at Blenheim Palace, that Oxfordshire pile built for his ancestor John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, who also knew a thing or two about warfare.", "type": "quotation" } ], "glosses": [ "A large building, or mass of buildings." ], "id": "en-pile-en-noun-mUDudkCj", "translations": [ { "_dis1": "4 0 5 0 3 82 1 1 0 2 0 1", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "large building, or mass of buildings", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "ammasso" }, { "_dis1": "4 0 5 0 3 82 1 1 0 2 0 1", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "large building, or mass of buildings", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "blocco" }, { "_dis1": "4 0 5 0 3 82 1 1 0 2 0 1", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "large building, or mass of buildings", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "conjunto" } ] }, { "glosses": [ "A bundle of pieces of wrought iron to be worked over into bars or other shapes by rolling or hammering at a welding heat; a fagot." ], "id": "en-pile-en-noun-CS0PFEQ4", "links": [ [ "bundle", "bundle" ], [ "wrought iron", "wrought iron" ], [ "fagot", "fagot" ] ] }, { "categories": [], "examples": [ { "ref": "1893, Benjamin Park, The Voltaic Cell: Its Construction and Its Capacity, page 14", "text": "The word \"pile\" is used specifically to mean the column of superposed electrodes, such as that of Volta or Zamboni.", "type": "quotation" } ], "glosses": [ "A vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals (especially copper and zinc), laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity; a voltaic pile, or galvanic pile." ], "id": "en-pile-en-noun-B9RCBKMs", "links": [ [ "laid up", "lay up" ], [ "moisten", "moisten" ] ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "2 2 0 4 0 0 2 74 4 6 2 4", "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "galvanic pile", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "pila" }, { "_dis1": "2 2 0 4 0 0 2 74 4 6 2 4", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "galvanic pile", "word": "paristo" }, { "_dis1": "2 2 0 4 0 0 2 74 4 6 2 4", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "galvanic pile", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "pile" }, { "_dis1": "2 2 0 4 0 0 2 74 4 6 2 4", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "galvanic pile", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "pila" }, { "_dis1": "2 2 0 4 0 0 2 74 4 6 2 4", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "galvanic pile", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "batteria" }, { "_dis1": "2 2 0 4 0 0 2 74 4 6 2 4", "code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "galvanic pile", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "batteri" }, { "_dis1": "2 2 0 4 0 0 2 74 4 6 2 4", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "galvanic pile", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "pilha" }, { "_dis1": "2 2 0 4 0 0 2 74 4 6 2 4", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "galvanic pile", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "pila" } ] }, { "categories": [ { "kind": "topical", "langcode": "en", "name": "Architecture", "orig": "en:Architecture", "parents": [ "Applied sciences", "Art", "Sciences", "Culture", "All topics", "Society", "Fundamental" ], "source": "w" } ], "glosses": [ "A beam, pole, or pillar, driven completely into the ground." ], "id": "en-pile-en-noun-Wh5RKZtJ", "links": [ [ "architecture", "architecture" ], [ "beam", "beam" ], [ "pole", "pole" ], [ "pillar", "pillar" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(architecture, civil engineering) A beam, pole, or pillar, driven completely into the ground." ], "topics": [ "architecture", "civil-engineering", "engineering", "natural-sciences", "physical-sciences" ] }, { "categories": [ { "_dis": "3 2 14 1 6 13 12 13 9 19 2 6", "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "glosses": [ "An atomic pile; an early form of nuclear reactor." ], "id": "en-pile-en-noun--TDLIUGN", "links": [ [ "atomic pile", "atomic pile" ], [ "nuclear reactor", 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Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Improving the workings of the businesses they take over is just as core to their calling, if not more so. 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Fair, “Vacuum Packed”, in New York Times", "text": "I darted from room to room as the see-through bagless dustbin piled high with shocking amounts of icky-poo.", "type": "quotation" } ], "glosses": [ "To form a pile or heap." ], "id": "en-pile-en-verb-WzIbp9z0", "raw_glosses": [ "(intransitive) To form a pile or heap." ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "accumulate" }, { "word": "pile up" } ], "tags": [ "intransitive" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/paɪl/" }, { "rhymes": "-aɪl" }, { "audio": "en-us-pile.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b4/En-us-pile.ogg/En-us-pile.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/En-us-pile.ogg", "tags": [ "US" ], "text": "Audio (US)" } ], "synonyms": [ { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "pile up" } ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "31 23 0 12 9 26", "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "natovarvam", "sense": "to overload", "word": "натоварвам" }, { "_dis1": "31 23 0 12 9 26", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to overload", "word": "kasata" }, { "_dis1": "31 23 0 12 9 26", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to overload", "word": "pinota" }, { "_dis1": "31 23 0 12 9 26", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to overload", "word": "ammassare" }, { "_dis1": "31 23 0 12 9 26", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "peregružátʹ", "sense": "to overload", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "перегружа́ть" }, { "_dis1": "31 23 0 12 9 26", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "peregruzítʹ", "sense": "to overload", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "перегрузи́ть" }, { "_dis1": "31 23 0 12 9 26", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "nagružátʹ", "sense": "to overload", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "нагружа́ть" }, { "_dis1": "31 23 0 12 9 26", "code": "ru", "english": "to load", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "nagruzítʹ", "sense": "to overload", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "нагрузи́ть" } ], "wikipedia": [ "pile" ], "word": "pile" } { "categories": [], "derived": [ { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0", "word": "pile bridge" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0", "word": "pile cap" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0", "word": "pile driver" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0", "word": "pile dwelling" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0", "word": "pile engine" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0", "word": "pile plank" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0", "word": "pneumatic pile" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0", "word": "screw pile" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0", "word": "sheet pile" } ], "etymology_number": 2, "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "ang", "3": "pīl" }, "expansion": "Old English pīl", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "la", "3": "pīlum", "4": "", "5": "heavy javelin" }, "expansion": "Latin pīlum (“heavy javelin”)", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "nl", "2": "pijl" }, "expansion": "Dutch pijl", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "de", "2": "Pfeil" }, "expansion": "German Pfeil", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "pilum" }, "expansion": "Doublet of pilum", "name": "doublet" } ], "etymology_text": "From Old English pīl, from Latin pīlum (“heavy javelin”). 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"_dis1": "10 90 0 0", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "head of an arrow or spear", "word": "kärki" }, { "_dis1": "10 90 0 0", "code": "fi", "english": "spear", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "head of an arrow or spear", "word": "keihäänkärki" }, { "_dis1": "10 90 0 0", "code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "tavi", "sense": "head of an arrow or spear", "word": "თავი" }, { "_dis1": "10 90 0 0", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "head of an arrow or spear", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "punta" }, { "_dis1": "10 90 0 0", "code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "nok", "sense": "head of an arrow or spear", "word": "نوک" }, { "_dis1": "10 90 0 0", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "nakonéčnik", "sense": "head of an arrow or spear", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "наконе́чник" } ] }, { "categories": [], "examples": [ { "ref": "1719, Daniel Defoe, The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, 10th edition, published 1864, Chapter VI, page 68", "text": "All this time I 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[ "masculine" ], "word": "paletto" }, { "_dis1": "5 0 90 4", "code": "kk", "lang": "Kazakh", "roman": "qada", "sense": "stake of pointed timber, steel etc., driven into the earth", "word": "қада" }, { "_dis1": "5 0 90 4", "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "malttuk", "sense": "stake of pointed timber, steel etc., driven into the earth", "word": "말뚝" }, { "_dis1": "5 0 90 4", "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "stake of pointed timber, steel etc., driven into the earth", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "sublica" }, { "_dis1": "5 0 90 4", "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "stake of pointed timber, steel etc., driven into the earth", "word": "tumu" }, { "_dis1": "5 0 90 4", "code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "stake of pointed timber, steel etc., driven into the earth", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "påle" }, { "_dis1": "5 0 90 4", "code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "stake of pointed timber, steel etc., driven into the earth", "tags": [ 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"-aɪl" }, { "audio": "en-us-pile.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b4/En-us-pile.ogg/En-us-pile.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/En-us-pile.ogg", "tags": [ "US" ], "text": "Audio (US)" } ], "wikipedia": [ "pile" ], "word": "pile" } { "categories": [], "etymology_number": 2, "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "ang", "3": "pīl" }, "expansion": "Old English pīl", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "la", "3": "pīlum", "4": "", "5": "heavy javelin" }, "expansion": "Latin pīlum (“heavy javelin”)", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "nl", "2": "pijl" }, "expansion": "Dutch pijl", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "de", "2": "Pfeil" }, "expansion": "German Pfeil", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "pilum" }, "expansion": "Doublet of pilum", "name": "doublet" } ], "etymology_text": "From Old English pīl, from Latin pīlum (“heavy javelin”). 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"roman": "kamara", "sense": "heap", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "камара" }, { "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "heap", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "pila" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "duī", "sense": "heap", "word": "堆" }, { "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "heap", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "hromada" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "heap", "word": "stapel" }, { "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "heap", "word": "stako" }, { "code": "gur", "lang": "Farefare", "sense": "heap", "word": "kuko" }, { "code": "gur", "lang": "Farefare", "sense": "heap", "word": "gilgo" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "heap", "word": "kasa" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "heap", "word": "pino" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "heap", "word": "läjä" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "heap", "word": "röykkiö" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "heap", "tags": [ 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Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Improving the workings of the businesses they take over is just as core to their calling, if not more so. 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throw into a pile", "word": "fer pila" }, { "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to lay or throw into a pile", "word": "amuntegar" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to lay or throw into a pile", "word": "kasata" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to lay or throw into a pile", "word": "pinota" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to lay or throw into a pile", "word": "faire pile" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to lay or throw into a pile", "word": "amasser" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to lay or throw into a pile", "word": "empiler" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to lay or throw into a pile", "word": "ajouter" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to lay or throw into a pile", "word": "stapeln" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to lay or throw into a pile", "word": "aufstapeln" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to lay or throw into a pile", "word": "anhäufen" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to lay or throw into a pile", "word": "schichten" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to lay or throw into a pile", "tags": [ "South-German", "Swiss" ], "word": "beigen" }, { "code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "sōreúō", "sense": "to lay or throw into a pile", "word": "σωρεύω" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to lay or throw into a pile", "word": "ammucchiare" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to lay or throw into a pile", "word": "accatastare" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to lay or throw into a pile", "word": "impilare" }, { "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "ssata", "sense": "to lay or throw into a pile", "word": "쌓다" }, { "code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "to lay or throw into a pile", "word": "stable" }, { "code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "to lay or throw into a pile", "word": "samle" }, { "code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian 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