unpile

American  

[uhn-pahyl] / ʌnˈpaɪl /

verb (used with object)

unpiled, unpiling

1. to disentangle or remove from a piled condition.

   to unpile boxes.

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verb (used without object)

unpiled, unpiling

1. to become removed or separated from a piled condition.

   The football players unpiled after each play.

Etymology

Origin of unpile

First recorded in 1605–15; un- ² + pile ¹

Example Sentences

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unpile unpiled unpiling

I came flying into this station in Marshal's uniform, and before the men had had time to unpile their arms, I had arrived, with only one man with me.

From The Life of Gordon, Volume II by Boulger, Demetrius Charles

The officer brought us to attention and gave the order to unpile arms.

From Over the Top by Empey, Arthur Guy

For the moment, I looked round bewildered; but the report of the pistol had caught the ears of the guard, whom I saw hurrying to unpile their muskets.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844 by Various

I came flying into this station in marshal's uniform, and before the men had time to unpile arms, I had arrived with only one man with me.

From General Gordon A Christian Hero by Churchill, Seton

"Page," panted Dee, "don't you think Louis had lots of moral courage to go back there where he had so nearly come to grief and take down that rope and unpile those bricks?"

From Tripping with the Tucker Twins by Speed, Nell

Rouse was stopped and they never unpiled quickly enough to spike the ball.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 10, 2015

"This was my dream of a lifetime," Abbott said after he and the rest of his thrilled teammates were unpiled.

From Time Magazine Archive

Faster than he could unpack the stuff was it unpiled at his door.

From The Boss of Little Arcady by Wilson, Harry Leon

The deputation saluted, returned to the fallen-out contingent, which gravely unpiled its arms and marched back to its lines, amid a little desultory cheering from some few by-standers who realised what was taking place.

From On the Heels of De Wet by James, Lionel

After the heap had been unpiled, the boys got up, their clothes considerably the worse for the conflict, their faces red, but smiling and their spirits considerably higher.

From The Pony Rider Boys in the Grand Canyon Or, The Mystery of Bright Angel Gulch by Patchin, Frank Gee

These fairly swarmed with men loading and unloading ships and bateaux, and piling and unpiling goods.

From The Golden Dog by Kirby, William

Here also the lover's agonies are piled upon him for the purpose of unpiling at last: the Oriental tale-teller knows by experience that, as a rule, doleful endings "don't pay."

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir