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piled Meaning & Definition

/paɪld/

What Does Piled Mean?

As a verb, piled means simple past and past participle of pile. As an adjective, it means Formed from a pile or fagot. As an adjective, it means (iron manufacturing) Formed from a pile or fagot.

Piled: Key Facts

Part of speechverb, adjective
Pronunciation/paɪld/
Synonymsconcentrated, heaped and heaped-up

Piled Definition (Verb)

  1. simple past and past participle of pile

Piled as an Adjective

  1. Formed from a pile or fagot.

    piled iron

  2. Having a pile or point; pointed.
  3. Having a pile or nap.

Verb

  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

    They were piling up wood on the wheelbarrow.

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

    We piled the camel with our loads.

  3. To add something to a great number.
  4. (of vehicles) To create a hold-up.
  5. To place (guns, muskets, etc.) together in threes so that they can stand upright, supporting each other.

Verb

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

Verb

  1. To give a pile to; to make shaggy.

Adjective

  1. (iron manufacturing) Formed from a pile or fagot.

    piled iron

Synonyms of Piled

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Piled in a Sentence

piled iron

They were piling up wood on the wheelbarrow.

We piled the camel with our loads.

Word Forms & Grammar

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