name
Meaning 1
plural of Pile
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
piles
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/paɪlz/
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CMU ARPABET: P AY1 L Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
plural of pile
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
Examples
- Piles were sunk into the river to support the bridge.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A large amount of.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, plural, plural-only
Qualifier: piles of
Examples
- He must earn piles of money.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Haemorrhoids.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
Examples
- Many women get piles when pregnant.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
third-person singular simple present indicative of pile
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
a large number or amount
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- made lots of new friends
- she amassed stacks of newspapers
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tons, dozens, heaps, lots, scores, stacks, loads, rafts, slews, wads, oodles, gobs, scads, lashings
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount
noun
Meaning 7
pain caused by venous swelling at or inside the anal sphincter
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hemorrhoid, haemorrhoid
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pain, hurting
History
Etymology
From Latin pila (“ball”).
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: des tas de — informal: a large amount
- Italian: un mucchio di — informal: a large amount
- Italian: un sacco di — informal: a large amount
- Macedonian: купишта (kupišta) — informal: a large amount
- Norwegian Bokmål: haugevis — informal: a large amount
- Norwegian Nynorsk: haugevis — informal: a large amount
Real reading context