pile or heap

pile or heap
literary add an extra difficulty to something which is already onerous.
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  • pile — pile1 [pīl] n. [ME < MFr < L pila, pillar] 1. a mass of things heaped together; heap 2. a heap of wood or other combustible material on which a corpse or sacrifice is burned 3. a large building or group of buildings 4. Informal a) a large… …   English World dictionary

  • Pile — Pile, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Piled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Piling}.] 1. 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. Hills piled on hills. Dryden. Life piled on… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pile# — pile n 1 heap, stack, mass, bank, shock, cock (see under HEAP vb) 2 *building, edifice, structure pile vb *heap, stack, mass, bank, shock, cock Analogous words: *gather, collect, assemble, co …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • pile — [n1] heap, collection accumulation, aggregate, aggregation, amassment, assemblage, assortment, bank, barrel, buildup, chunk, conglomeration, drift, gob, great deal, hill, hoard, hunk, jumble, lump, mass, mound, mountain, much, ocean, oodles*,… …   New thesaurus

  • pile Pelion on Ossa — pile (or heap) Pelion on Ossa add a difficulty or task to something that is already difficult or onerous …   Useful english dictionary

  • heap — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. pile, load, stack, mound, assemblage;informal, great deal, heaps (inf.), oodles (inf.), piles (inf.), scads (sl.). See multitude. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. pile, accumulation, mass, agglomeration, stack …   English dictionary for students

  • heap — /hip / (say heep) noun 1. an assemblage of things, lying one on another; a pile: a heap of stones. 2. (sometimes plural) Colloquial a great quantity or number; a multitude: a heap better; heaps further. 3. Colloquial something very old and… …  

  • heap — heaper, n. heapy, adj. /heep/, n. 1. a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile: a heap of stones. 2. Informal. a great quantity or number; multitude: a heap of people. 3. Slang. an automobile, esp. a dilapidated one. 4. all… …   Universalium

  • heap — [[t]hip[/t]] n. 1) a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile: a heap of stones[/ex] 2) inf Informal. a great quantity or number; multitude 3) sts Slang. a dilapidated automobile 4) to gather, put, or cast in a heap; pile 5)… …   From formal English to slang

  • pile — 1. noun /paɪl/ a) The head of an arrow or spear. a pile of stones b) 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 …   Wiktionary

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