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2pile noun 1 : a quantity of things heaped together

2 : PYRE

3 : a great number or quantity : LOT

Synonyms

cock, heap, hill, mound, mountain, rick, stack; also bank, bar, drift, embankment; pyramid; barrow, cairn, pyre; accumulation, aggregate, assemblage, collection, conglomeration, gathering, grouping, hoard, jumble

3pile verb piled; pil·ing 1 : to lay in a pile : STACK

2 : to heap up : ACCUMULATE — usu. used with up

3 : to press forward in a mass : CROWD

Synonyms

[1] heap, hill, mound, stack; also bank; layer, pyramid; accumulate, amass, assemble, collect, gather, group, mass; bunch, clump, lump

Antonyms

unpile

usually pile up [2] accumulate, collect, conglomerate, gather, heap—more at COLLECT

4pile noun 1 : a coat or surface of usu. short close fine furry hairs

2 : a velvety surface produced by an extra set of filling yarns that form raised loops which are cut and sheared

— piled adjective

— pile·less adjective

Synonyms

[1] coat, fleece, fur, hair, pelage, wool

[2] down, floss, fluff, fur, fuzz, lint, nap—more at FUZZ

piles noun plural : HEMORRHOIDS

pil·fer verb : to steal in small quantities

Synonyms

appropriate, filch, hook, misappropriate, nip, pocket, purloin, snitch, steal, swipe, thieve—more at STEAL

pil·grim noun [ORIGIN: ME, fr. AF pelerin, pilegrin, fr. LL pelegrinus, alter. of L peregrinus foreigner, fr. peregrinus foreign, fr. peregri abroad, fr. per through + ager land]

1 : one who journeys in foreign lands : WAYFARER

2 : one who travels to a shrine or holy place as an act of devotion

3 cap : one of the English settlers founding Plymouth colony in 1620

pil·grim·age noun : a journey of a pilgrim esp. to a shrine or holy place

pil·ing noun : a structure of piles

pill noun 1 : a medicine in a small rounded mass to be swallowed whole

2 : a disagreeable or tiresome person

3 often cap : an oral contraceptive — usu. used with the

Synonyms

capsule, tablet; also drug, medication, pharmaceutical, specific; miracle drug, wonder drug; potion, preparation; dosage, dose, drop, sleeping pill, tranquilizer

pil·lage verb pil·laged; pil·lag·ing : to take booty : LOOT

— pillage noun

— pil·lag·er noun

Synonyms

despoil, loot, maraud, plunder, ransack, sack, strip—more at RANSACK

pil·lar noun 1 : a strong upright support (as for a roof)

2 : a column or shaft standing alone esp. as a monument

3 : a supporting, integral, or upstanding member or part

— pil·lared adjective

Synonyms

[1] column, pier, post, stanchion; also caryatid, pedestal; flying buttress, buttress; needle, obelisk

[3] buttress, dependence, mainstay, reliance, standby, support—more at DEPENDENCE

pill·box noun 1 : a shallow round box for pills

2 : a low concrete emplacement esp. for machine guns

pil·lion noun 1 : a pad or cushion placed behind a saddle for an extra rider

2 chiefly British : a motorcycle or bicycle saddle for a passenger

1pillory noun, plural -ries : a wooden frame for public punishment having holes in which the head and hands can be locked

2pillory verb -ried; -ry·ing 1 : to set in a pillory

2 : to expose to public scorn

1pillow noun : a case filled with springy material (as feathers) and used to support the head of a resting person

2pillow verb : to rest or place on or as if on a pillow; also : to serve as a pillow for

pil·low·case noun : a removable covering for a pillow

1pilot noun 1 : HELMSMAN, STEERSMAN

2 : a person qualified and licensed to take ships into and out of a port

3 : GUIDE, LEADER

4 : one that flies an aircraft or spacecraft

5 : a television show filmed or taped as a sample of a proposed series

— pi·lot·less adjective

Synonyms

airman, aviator, flier; also ace, bush pilot, copilot, test pilot

2pilot verb : to act as a guide to : lead or conduct over a usu. difficult course

Synonyms

coach, counsel, guide, lead, mentor, shepherd, show, tutor—more at GUIDE

conduct, direct, guide,