What does pile mean?
What does pile mean?
noun. an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other: a pile of papers;a pile of bricks. Informal. a large number, quantity, or amount of anything: a pile of work. a heap of wood on which a dead body, a living person, or a sacrifice is burned; pyre.
How do you spell piling?
To add or increase (something, such as criticism) abundantly or excessively. 1. To accumulate: Work is piling up.
What part of speech is Piles?
pile 1
part of speech: | noun |
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part of speech: | transitive verb |
inflections: | piles, piling, piled |
definition 1: | to place in a pile or form a pile from (often fol. by “up”). He piled up his pennies. synonyms: heap, stack similar words: accumulate, agglomerate, amass, drift, mound, pyramid |
What do piles look like?
A thrombosed hemorrhoid will appear as a lump at the anal verge, protruding from the anus, and will be dark bluish in color because of the blood clot contained inside the swollen blood vessel. Non-thrombosed hemorrhoids will appear as a rubbery lump. Often more than one swollen hemorrhoid appears at the same time.
What is the meaning of to get my pile?
To earn a very large amount of money, especially by doing something very successfully. We’ll make a pile if we can manage to secure a trading partner in China.
What is the opposite of pile?
pile. Antonyms: demolish, dissipate, squander, scatter, separate, disperse, deal, distribute. Synonyms: heap, accumulate, gather, store, stuck, amass, collect.
What is meaning of piling up?
pile up. 1. Accumulate, as in The leaves piled up in the yard, or He piled up a huge fortune. In this idiom pile means “form a heap or mass of something.” [
What does lifting a finger mean?
: to make an effort to do something —usually used in negative statements I have so many chores to do, and my sister won’t lift a finger to help me.
Does fair share sentence?
Example sentences. fair share. The Wallabies have had their fair share of off-field controversies over the past few years. I didn’t do my fair share of the parenting.
What does not lift a finger mean?
Refuse to exert oneself to help or perform an action. For example, Dad won’t lift a finger to help them financially, or Early in the war, America officially would not lift a finger. [ Mid-1900s]
Do you not have to lift a finger?
If you say that a person does not lift a finger or raise a finger to do something, especially to help someone, you are critical of them because they do nothing. She never lifted a finger around the house.
Why don’t you lift your finger?
to not help someone do something, usually because you are too lazy: He never lifts a finger to help with the housework.
What does putting it mildly mean?
—used to say that a statement is actually an understatement and that the thing referred to is actually larger, more important, more serious, etc. It was a difficult experience, to put it mildly.
What does mildly speaking mean?
To underemphasize or downplay something.
What is the opposite of mildly?
What is the opposite of mildly?
powerfully | strongly |
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unpleasantly | coolly |
excessively | immoderately |
uncontrolledly |
What is another word for slightly?
What is another word for slightly?
somewhat | marginally |
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narrowly | quite |
faintly | fairly |
lightly | moderately |
nominally | relatively |
How do you describe a hateful person?
1. Hateful, obnoxious, odious, offensive refer to something that causes strong dislike or annoyance. Obnoxious emphasizes causing annoyance or discomfort by objectionable qualities: His persistence made him seem obnoxious. His piggish manners made him obnoxious to his companions.