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piles

pile
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [pahyl]
    • /paɪl/
    • /paɪl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pahyl]
    • /paɪl/

Definitions of piles word

  • noun piles a hemorrhoid. 1
  • noun piles the condition of having hemorrhoids. 1
  • verb with object piles to furnish, strengthen, or support with piles. 1
  • verb with object piles to drive piles into. 1
  • verb without object piles to accumulate, as money, debts, evidence, etc. (usually followed by up). 1
  • verb without object piles Informal. to move as a group in a more or less confused, disorderly cluster: to pile off a train. 1

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Origin of piles

First appearance:

before 1350
One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English < Middle French < Latin pīla pillar, mole of stone

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Piles

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

piles popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

piles usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for piles

noun piles

  • billion — A billion is a thousand million.
  • cornucopia — A cornucopia of things is a large number of different things.
  • good deal — to occupy oneself or itself (usually followed by with or in): Botany deals with the study of plants. He deals in generalities.
  • great deal — to occupy oneself or itself (usually followed by with or in): Botany deals with the study of plants. He deals in generalities.
  • many — constituting or forming a large number; numerous: many people.

verb piles

  • banks — Iain (Menzies). 1954–2013, Scottish novelist and science fiction writer. His novels include The Wasp Factory (1984), The Crow Road (1992), and The Steep Approach to Garbadale (2007); science-fiction (under the name Iain M. Banks) includes Look to Windward (2000)
  • chocks — Plural form of chock.
  • concentrates — Plural form of concentrate.
  • gathers — Plural form of gather.
  • keeps — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.

adjective piles

  • loads — anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: The truck carried a load of watermelons.
  • oodles — a large quantity: oodles of love; oodles of money.

Antonyms for piles

noun piles

  • ditches — Plural form of ditch.

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