Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to pile
Participle: piled
Gerund: piling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | pile |
| you | pile |
| he;she;it | piles |
| we | pile |
| you | pile |
| they | pile |
Perfect
| I | have piled |
| you | have piled |
| he;she;it | has piled |
| we | have piled |
| you | have piled |
| they | have piled |
Past
| I | piled |
| you | piled |
| he;she;it | piled |
| we | piled |
| you | piled |
| they | piled |
Pluperfect
| I | had piled |
| you | had piled |
| he;she;it | had piled |
| we | had piled |
| you | had piled |
| they | had piled |
Future
| I | will pile |
| you | will pile |
| he;she;it | will pile |
| we | will pile |
| you | will pile |
| they | will pile |
Future Perfect
| I | will have piled |
| you | will have piled |
| he;she;it | will have piled |
| we | will have piled |
| you | will have piled |
| they | will have piled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | pile |
| you | pile |
| he;she;it | pile |
| we | pile |
| you | pile |
| they | pile |
Perfect
| I | have piled |
| you | have piled |
| he;she;it | have piled |
| we | have piled |
| you | have piled |
| they | have piled |
Imperfect
| I | piled |
| you | piled |
| he;she;it | piled |
| we | piled |
| you | piled |
| they | piled |
Pluperfect
| I | had piled |
| you | had piled |
| he;she;it | had piled |
| we | had piled |
| you | had piled |
| they | had piled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would pile |
| you | would pile |
| he;she;it | would pile |
| we | would pile |
| you | would pile |
| they | would pile |
Perfect
| I | would have piled |
| you | would have piled |
| he;she;it | would have piled |
| we | would have piled |
| you | would have piled |
| they | would have piled |
Imperative
| you | pile |
| we | Let's pile |
| you | pile |
Verbs conjugated like 'pile'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'pile'
bile,
file,
hile,
pale,
pie,
pike,
pill,
pilm,
pine,
pipe,
Additional Information
Etymology
From Middle English pyle, from Old French pile, from Latin pīla (“pillar, pier”).
Sample Sentences
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[...] the shore on the Kentucky side, the land bending far out into the water, the ice had been lodged and detained in great quantities, and the narrow channel which swept round the bend was full of ice, piled one cake over another, thus forming a temporary barrier to the descending ice, which lodged, and formed a great, undulating raft, filling up the whole river, and extending almost to the Kentucky [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] none of that raising nor of that breed. No. This company wants a little fixing, it does. I 'm the wrong sort of man for ’ em, I am. They won’t like me, they won’t. This is piling of it up, a little too mountainous, this is. ’ At the end of every one of these short sentences he turned upon his heel, and walked the other way; checking himself abruptly when he had finished [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] was somewhat disconcerted to have forced on my attention after getting into bed, as I had a considerable sum in gold for our travelling expenses, in my dressing-case. Some of the luggage, however, piled against the panels, soon settled this difficulty, and my sleep would not have been very much affected that night, I believe, though it had failed to do so.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] suddenly turned to her work, and labored with a despatch that was perfectly astonishing to Tom. She seemed to work by magic. Before the day was through, her basket was filled, crowded down, and piled, and she had several times put largely into Tom 's. Long after dusk, the whole weary train, with their baskets on their heads, defiled up to the building appropriated to the storing and weighing the [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] down than it can outlive its own eternity ! What a fool is he who locks his door to keep out spirits, who has in his own bosom a spirit he dares not meet alone,—whose voice, smothered far down, and piled over with mountains of earthliness, is yet like the forewarning trumpet of doom !
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)