Emily Dickinson Lexicon

pile (-d), v. [see pile, n.] (webplay: cross, dead, earth, ground, head, large, place, sight, stones).

1. Accumulate; collect; stockpile; amass.
2. Stack; place in a heap; throw into a mound.
3. Increase; build up; [fig.] escalate; gradually intensify; grow incrementally louder or more powerful.
4. Phrase. “Pile on”: multiply; increase.