Pile Up (Verb)
Meaning 1
Get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune".
Classification
Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
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Meaning 2
Arrange into piles or stacks; "She piled up her books in my living room".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- Debris from the hurricane started to pile up on the beach, blocking access to the coastal road.
- The company's profits began to pile up in just a few months after the successful product launch.
- Snowflakes from the blizzard continued to pile up on the windowsill, obscuring the view.
- The boxes from the move started to pile up in the living room, making it difficult to walk around.
- After years of hoarding, her collection of antique dolls started to pile up and fill the entire attic.
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Meaning 3
Collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..