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 Demetrius Charles Boulger

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

Here we form fours, form two deep, slope arms, order arms, present arms, trail arms, ground arms, take up arms, pile arms, unpile arms, move to the right in fours, by the left, left wheel.

From Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 11, 1914 by Various

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

From Over the Top by Arthur Guy Empey

"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 Nell Speed

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

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 Lionel James

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

From The Boss of Little Arcady by Harry Leon Wilson

Betty unpiled her books and piled them up again.

From Betty Lee, Freshman by Harriet Pyne Grove

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

From The Golden Dog by William Kirby

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 Sir Richard Francis Burton