Phrase guide

stack up

verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

verb

Meaning 1

To put into a stack.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Stack up the boxes.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

to pile up; to accumulate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To put a group of abstract things together.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic, transitive

Examples

  • to stack up memories

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

Often followed by against or among: to compare with (something); to measure up.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

arrange into piles or stacks

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She piled up her books in my living room

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pile up, heap up

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: gather, garner, collect, pull together

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • German: aufstapeln — to put into a stack
  • German: stapeln — to put into a stack
  • Russian: нагроможда́ть (nagromoždátʹ) — to put into a stack
  • Russian: нагромозди́ть (nagromozdítʹ) — to put into a stack
  • Russian: скла́дывать (skládyvatʹ) — to put into a stack
  • Russian: сложи́ть (složítʹ) — to put into a stack
  • German: läppern — accumulate
  • German: ansammeln — accumulate
  • Japanese: 積もる (tsumoru) — accumulate
  • Japanese: 溜まる (tamaru) — accumulate
  • Japanese: 重なる (kasanaru) — accumulate
  • Korean: 쌓이다 (ssaida) — accumulate
  • Russian: нака́пливаться (nakáplivatʹsja) — accumulate
  • Russian: накопи́ться (nakopítʹsja) — accumulate
  • Russian: соотве́тствовать (sootvétstvovatʹ) — to compare with something
  • Russian: быть сравни́мым (bytʹ sravnímym) — to compare with something
  • Spanish: compararse — to compare with something
  • Spanish: figurar — to compare with something
  • Vietnamese: chồng — to compare with something