piled

[pahyld]

adjective

1. having a pile, as velvet and other fabrics.

Word History and Origins

Origin of piled¹

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English: “covered with hair”; pile ³, -ed ³

Example Sentences

Hong Kong, Singapore, Wellington and Taipei all advanced, while Seoul piled on more than one percent to a record as investors cheered a thawing of ties between South Korea and China.

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Short sellers piled into the stock, setting up the momentary rebound typical of meme stocks.

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And while others have piled into shares of big tech behemoths, Berkshire has pared its position in Apple and built its cash pile to a record $344 billion, including equivalents, by the end of June.

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Stock piled up in warehouses in China, as alarmed American businesses wondered how to find alternate supply chains overnight.

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The ground floors of some buildings are propped up by scaffolding and appear on the verge of collapse and in some areas rubble is piled high as diggers continue the reconstruction work.

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