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: a long slender column usually of timber, steel, or reinforced concrete driven into the ground to carry a vertical load
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: a wedge-shaped heraldic charge usually placed vertically with the broad end up
3
a
: a target-shooting arrowhead without cutting edges
b
[Latin pilum]
: an ancient Roman foot soldier's heavy javelin
piled; piling
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: to lay or place in a pile : stack
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a
: to heap in abundance : load
piled potatoes on his plate
b
: to collect little by little into a mass
—usually used with up
1
: to form a pile or accumulation
—usually used with up
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: to move or press forward in or as if in a mass : crowd
piled into a car
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: a coat or surface of usually short close fine furry hairs
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: a velvety surface produced by an extra set of filling yarns that form raised loops which are cut and sheared
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: a single hemorrhoid
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