pile up

/paɪl əp/

/paɪl əp/

Other forms: piled up; piling up; piles up

Definitions of pile up

1. verb

   arrange into piles or stacks
   “She piled up her books in my living room”

   synonyms: heap up, stack up

   type of:

   collect, garner, gather, pull together

   assemble or get together
2. verb

   get or gather together
   synonyms: accumulate, amass, collect, compile, hoard, roll up

   types:

   run up

   pile up (debts or scores)

   corral

   collect or gather

   collect, pull in

   get or bring together

   come up, scrape, scrape up, scratch

   gather (money or other resources) together over time

   chunk, lump

   put together indiscriminately

   bale

   make into a bale

   catch

   take in and retain

   fund

   accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability

   fund

   place or store up in a fund for accumulation

   archive, file away

   put into an archive

   nickel-and-dime

   accumulate gradually

   beat up, drum up, rally

   gather

   type of:

   hive away, lay in, put in, salt away, stack away, stash away, store

   keep or lay aside for future use
3. verb

   collect or gather
   “The work keeps piling up”

   synonyms: accumulate, amass, conglomerate, cumulate, gather

   types:

   backlog

   accumulate and create a backlog

   accrete

   make something larger by growing or adding to it

   drift

   be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current

   type of:

   increase

   become bigger or greater in amount