See pile in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
noun
A group of things gathered haphazardly:
agglomeration, bank1, cumulus, drift, heap, hill, mass, mess, mound, mountain, shock2, stack, tumble. See order- (Informal)
A great deal:
abundance, mass, mountain, much, plenty, profusion, wealth, world. (Informal) barrel, heap, lot, pack, peck2. (Regional) power, sight. See big - (Slang)
A large sum of money:
fortune, mint. (Informal) bundle, pretty penny, tidy sum, wad. See rich A usually permanent construction, such as a house or store:
building, edifice, structure. See make
verb
To put into a disordered pile.
Also used with up: bank1, drift, heap, hill, lump1, mound, stack. See orderTo make or become full; put as much into as can be held:
charge, fill, freight, heap, load, pack. See fullTo fill to overflowing:
heap, lade, load. See fullTo leave one's bed:
arise, get up, rise, roll out. (Informal) turn out. Idiom: rise and shine. See rise
phrasal verb pile upTo bring together so as to increase in mass or number:
accrue, accumulate, agglomerate, aggregate, amass, collect1, cumulate, garner, gather, hive, roll up. See collect- (Informal)
To undergo wrecking:
crash, smash. (Informal) crack up. See help
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