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Vinony

pile

noun

  1. upright loops, tufts, or strands of yarn extending from the ground of a fabric
  2. abstract data type
L13561 on Wikidata ↗

verb

  1. form a stack of objects
  2. move in an untidy fashion
L13562 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /paɪl/

name

  1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: From French pile (“battery”), with the pronunciation adapted to the existing English word pile. Doublet of Etymology 1, which may have influenced the sense development by emphasizing the stack (“pile”) out of which early batteries were made.

  1. A battery (simple device for converting chemical potential energy into usable electricity).
  2. A battery (simple device for converting chemical potential energy into usable electricity).

verb

Etymology: From Middle English pile, partly from Anglo-Norman pil (a variant of peil, poil (“hair”)) and partly from its source, Latin pilus (“hair”). Doublet of pilus.

  1. To give a pile to; to make shaggy.