Meaning

4 senses
  1. (also, figuratively, transitive)To accumulate or build up a supply of (something).

    hamstern, horten

    де́лать запа́сыdélatʹ zapásy, нака́пливатьnakáplivatʹ, штабели́роватьštabelírovatʹ

  2. To accumulate or build up a supply of (something).

    (also, figuratively, specifically, transitive)To build up a stock of (nuclear weapons).

  3. (also, figuratively, transitive)To heap up piles of (coal or ore) on the ground after it has been mined.

  4. (also, figuratively, intransitive)To build up a supply; to accumulate.

More definitions
  • have on hand

Examples

10 sentences
  1. You should stockpile necessary supplies in case of a big earthquake.

    deDu solltest dir einen Vorrat an notwendigen Dingen zulegen, um für ein großes Erdbeben gewappnet zu sein.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · CK · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  2. People are stockpiling food.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · CK · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  3. Did you stockpile food and water?

    CC BY · Tatoeba · Eccles17 · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  4. Tom says that it is wise to stockpile some food in case of emergency.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · Ergulis · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  5. We need to stockpile supplies.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · Eccles17 · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to accumulate or build up a supply of (something):
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to accumulate or build up a supply of (something):

Origin

The noun is derived from stock (“supply of anything ready for use”) + pile (“mass of thing

The noun is derived from stock (“supply of anything ready for use”) + pile (“mass of things heaped together”). The verb is derived from the noun.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

stockpiles, stockpiling, stockpiled, stockpiled
Base formstockpile · to stockpile
3rd person singularstockpiles
Present participlestockpiling
Past simplestockpiled
Past participlestockpiled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theystockpile
he, she, itstockpiles

Past simpleLesson

all personsstockpiled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave stockpiled
he, she, ithas stockpiled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill stockpile

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words
Derivedstockpiler

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
stockpile — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto