Pile vs. Sherpa
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.
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An atomic pile; an early form of nuclear reactor.
Pilenoun
(obsolete) The reverse (or tails) of a coin.
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(figuratively) A list or league
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(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;
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a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit);
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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;
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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;
Sherpanoun
A mountain guide or porter, particularly a male of the Sherpa people so employed.
Sherpanoun
An expert sent by a country’s leader to a summit meeting.
Sherpanoun
A synthetic fabric with a long, thick pile, similar to faux fur, imitation lamb wool, or fleece.
Sherpaverb
(rare) To serve as a guide or porter for another.
Sherpanoun
a member of the Himalayan people living in Nepal and Tibet who are famous for their skill as mountaineers
Sherpanoun
a member of a Himalayan people living on the borders of Nepal and Tibet, renowned for their skill in mountaineering.
Sherpanoun
a civil servant or diplomat who undertakes preparatory work prior to a summit conference.
