piles

Speech parts

1. piles - Noun

2. piles - Verb

Meaning

The small, troublesome tumors or swellings about the anus and lower part of the rectum which are technically called hemorrhoids. See Hemorrhoids. [The singular pile is sometimes used.]

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

loads lots heaps tons stacks mass dozens heap scores oodles hemorrhoid hemorrhoids gobs haemorrhoid rafts
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Antonyms

few bit chicken feed a few halfpenny Tinch
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Hypernyms

symptom large indefinite amount large indefinite quantity

Phrases with the word

piles up piles of money piles of sheet piles

Anagrams

lipse spile spiel Elpis Siple slipe ilpes

Examples

I used to sleep with my books in piles all over my bed and sometimes they were the only thing keeping me warm and always the only thing keeping me alive. Books are the best and worst defense. Sherman Alexie

I don't want my thoughts to die with me, I want to have done something. I'm not interested in power, or piles of money. I want to leave something behind. I want to make a positive contribution - know that my life has meaning. Temple Grandin

Not a breath of air stirred over the free and open prairie; the clouds were like light piles of cotton; and where the blue sky was visible, it wore a hazy and languid aspect. Francis Parkman

I can get a better grasp of what is going on in the world from one good Washington dinner party than from all the background information NBC piles on my desk. Barbara Walters

In the shallow parts of many Swiss lakes, where there is a depth of no more than from 5 to 15 feet of water, ancient wooden piles are observed at the bottom sometimes worn down to the surface of the mud, sometimes projecting slightly above it. Charles Lyell

Slander piles itself before the door of a widow. Chinese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

pileous pileous protector piler piles of piles of money piles up