Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)To form a pile, stack, or heap.

    The kids piled up their boots and coats by the back door.

    stapeln

    нагроможда́тьnagromoždátʹ, нагромозди́тьnagromozdítʹ, нака́пливатьnakáplivatʹ

  2. (idiomatic, intransitive)To collect or accumulate, as a backlog.

    The requests piled up while she was away.

    нака́пливатьсяnakáplivatʹsja, накопи́тьсяnakopítʹsja

  3. (intransitive)To sustain a motor vehicle accident; to crash.

More definitions
  • arrange into piles or stacks
  • increase in amount by collecting or gathering
  • get or gather together

Examples

41 sentences
  1. Bills are starting to pile up.

    Рахунки починають накопичуватися. — deniko

    ruСчета начинают накапливаться. — Balamax

  2. The bags were piled up behind him.

  3. Tom piled everything up in the center of the room.

    deTom warf in der Mitte des Zimmers alles auf einen Haufen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Tom usually lets dirty dishes pile up for a week, then he washes them.

    ruТом обычно неделю скапливает грязную посуду и только потом её моет. — odexed

  5. Misfortunes pile up.

    Нещастя накопичуються. — deniko

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
(transitive) to form a pile etc.:
(intransitive) to accumulate:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
(transitive) to form a pile etc.:

Forms

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

irregular

Present simpleLesson

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

Past simpleLesson

all personspiled up

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill pile up

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

21 synonyms

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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