pile (
http://definr.com/pile)
n 1: a collection of objects laid on top of each other [syn:
heap,
mound,
cumulus]
2: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent:
"a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of
money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must
have cost plenty" [syn:
batch,
deal,
flock, {good
deal},
great deal,
hatful,
heap,
lot,
mass,
mess,
mickle,
mint,
muckle,
peck,
plenty,
pot, {quite
a little},
raft,
sight,
slew,
spate,
stack, {tidy
sum},
wad,
whole lot,
whole slew]
3: informal: a large sum of money
4: battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the
earliest electric battery devised by Volta [syn: {voltaic
pile},
galvanic pile]
5: a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into
the ground to provide support for a structure [syn:
spile,
piling,
stilt]
6: the yarn (as in a rug or velvet) that stands up from the
weave
7: a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to
generate energy [syn:
atomic pile,
atomic reactor, {chain
reactor}]
v 1: arrange in stacks; "heap firewood around the fireplace";
"stack your books up on the shelves" [syn:
stack,
heap]
2: press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the
auditorium" [syn:
throng,
mob,
pack,
jam]
3: place or lay as if in a pile; "The teacher piled work on the
students until the parents protested"