Pile vs. Dolly

Pilenoun

A mass of things heaped together; a heap.

Pilenoun

A group or list of related items up for consideration, especially in some kind of selection process.

Pilenoun

A mass formed in layers.

Pilenoun

A funeral pile; a pyre.

Pilenoun

A large building, or mass of buildings.

Pilenoun

A bundle of pieces of wrought iron to be worked over into bars or other shapes by rolling or hammering at a welding heat; a fagot.

Pilenoun

A vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals (especially copper and zinc), laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity; a voltaic pile, or galvanic pile.

Pilenoun

An atomic pile; an early form of nuclear reactor.

Pilenoun

(obsolete) The reverse (or tails) of a coin.

Pilenoun

(figuratively) A list or league

Pilenoun

(obsolete) A dart; an arrow.

Pilenoun

The head of an arrow or spear.

Pilenoun

A large stake, or piece of pointed timber, steel etc., driven into the earth or sea-bed for the support of a building, a pier, or other superstructure, or to form a cofferdam, etc.

Pilenoun

(heraldry) One of the ordinaries or subordinaries having the form of a wedge, usually placed palewise, with the broadest end uppermost.

Pilenoun

A hemorrhoid.

Pilenoun

Hair, especially when very fine or short; the fine underfur of certain animals. (Formerly countable, now treated as a collective singular.)

Pilenoun

The raised hairs, loops or strands of a fabric; the nap of a cloth.

Pileverb

To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to collect into a mass; to accumulate

Pileverb

(transitive) To cover with heaps; or in great abundance; to fill or overfill; to load.

Pileverb

(transitive) To add something to a great number.

Pileverb

(transitive) (of vehicles) To create a hold-up.

Pileverb

To place (guns, muskets, etc.) together in threes so that they can stand upright, supporting each other.

Pileverb

(transitive) To drive piles into; to fill with piles; to strengthen with piles.

Pileverb

(transitive) To give a pile to; to make shaggy.

Pilenoun

A hair; hence, the fiber of wool, cotton, and the like; also, the nap when thick or heavy, as of carpeting and velvet.

Pilenoun

A covering of hair or fur.

Pilenoun

The head of an arrow or spear.

Pilenoun

A large stake, or piece of timber, pointed and driven into the earth, as at the bottom of a river, or in a harbor where the ground is soft, for the support of a building, a pier, or other superstructure, or to form a cofferdam, etc.

Pilenoun

One of the ordinaries or subordinaries having the form of a wedge, usually placed palewise, with the broadest end uppermost.

Pilenoun

A mass of things heaped together; a heap; as, a pile of stones; a pile of wood.

Pilenoun

A mass formed in layers; as, a pile of shot.

Pilenoun

A funeral pile; a pyre.

Pilenoun

A large building, or mass of buildings.

Pilenoun

Same as Fagot, n., 2.

Pilenoun

A vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals, as copper and zinc, laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity; - commonly called Volta's pile, voltaic pile, or galvanic pile.

Pilenoun

The reverse of a coin. See Reverse.

Pileverb

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

Pileverb

To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to collect into a mass; to accumulate; to amass; - often with up; as, to pile up wood.

Pileverb

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

Pilenoun

a collection of objects laid on top of each other

Pilenoun

(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;

Pilenoun

a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit);

Pilenoun

fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)

Pilenoun

battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta

Pilenoun

a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure

Pilenoun

the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave;

Pilenoun

a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy

Pileverb

arrange in stacks;

Pileverb

press tightly together or cram;

Pileverb

place or lay as if in a pile;

Dollynoun

A doll.

Dollynoun

A contrivance for stirring:

Dollynoun

A disc with downward legs and a vertical handle, used for agitating laundry.

Dollynoun

A device turned on a vertical axis by a handle or a winch, giving a circular motion to ore being washed.

Dollynoun

A tool with an indented head for shaping the head of a rivet.

Dollynoun

In pile driving, a block interposed between the head of the pile and the ram of the driver.

Dollynoun

A small truck with a single wide roller used for moving heavy beams, columns, etc., in bridge building.

Dollynoun

A small truck without steering means to be slipped under a load. (traditional UK artisan usage)

Dollynoun

A compact, narrow-gauge locomotive used for moving construction trains, switching, etc.

Dollynoun

(film) A specialized piece of film equipment resembling a little cart on which a camera is mounted.

Dollynoun

(slang) A young woman, especially one who is frivolous or vapid.

Dollynoun

A fashionable young woman, one who follows the latest music or clothing fashions.

Dollynoun

A ball hit by a batsman such that it goes gently to a fielder for a simple catch.

Dollynoun

(India) An offering of fruit or flowers.

Dollyverb

To hit a dolly.

Dollyverb

(transitive) To move (an object) using a dolly.

Dollyverb

(transitive) To wash (laundry) in a tub using the stirring device called a dolly.

Dollyverb

(transitive) To beat (red-hot metal) with a hammer.

Dollyverb

(transitive) To crush ore with a dolly.

Dollyadjective

(Polari) Pretty; attractive.

Dollynoun

A contrivance, turning on a vertical axis by a handle or winch, and giving a circular motion to the ore to be washed; a stirrer.

Dollynoun

A tool with an indented head for shaping the head of a rivet.

Dollynoun

In pile driving, a block interposed between the head of the pile and the ram of the driver.

Dollynoun

A small truck with a single wide roller used for moving heavy beams, columns, etc., in bridge building.

Dollynoun

A compact, narrow-gauge locomotive used for moving construction trains, switching, etc.

Dollynoun

A child's mane for a doll.

Dollynoun

conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted

Dollynoun

conveyance consisting of a wheeled platform for moving heavy objects

Dollynoun

a small replica of a person; used as a toy