Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Pile (-d)
pile (-d), v. [see pile, n.] (webplay: cross, dead, earth, ground, head, large, place, sight, stones).
- Accumulate; collect; stockpile; amass.
- Stack; place in a heap; throw into a mound.
- Increase; build up; [fig.] escalate; gradually intensify; grow incrementally louder or more powerful.
- Phrase. “Pile on”: multiply; increase.
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