Meaning

4 senses
  1. (ambitransitive)To jump on top of someone or something quickly.

  2. (ambitransitive, figuratively)To criticize someone or something in a concerted effort; to add on some additional critique.

    OK, OK, they've already gotten the constructive criticism. Now you're just piling on.

  3. (figuratively, intransitive)To unnecessarily extend the margin of a winning score.

  4. (informal, transitive)To add or apply in great quantities.

Examples

28 sentences
  1. The comic books were piled on the desk.

  2. There's a pile of letters on the table.

    ruНа столе лежит стопка писем. — soweli_Elepanto

  3. There's a big pile of mail on your desk.

    deDa liegt ein Riesenhaufen Post auf deinem Schreibtisch. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. I saw a pile of cash on the table.

  5. There was a pile of mail on my desk.

Forms

piles on, piling on, piled on, piled on
Base formpile on · to pile on
3rd person singularpiles on
Present participlepiling on
Past simplepiled on
Past participlepiled on

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypile on
he, she, itpiles on

Past simpleLesson

all personspiled on

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave piled on
he, she, ithas piled on

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill pile on

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Word family

1 related words
Derivedpile-on

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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