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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

pile in en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (informal) To enter or move into a location or a vehicle in large numbers.
    • Typically for the 'get-on-with-it' era, the railway and military worked like demons to restore the vital rail link. The crater was rapidly filled in and the earth tamped solid, the wreckage was removed by breakdown trains, new rails and sleepers were rushed forward by willing hands, and US Army bulldozers piled in. By 2020 on the same day, both tracks were open for traffic again where there had been a gaping pit just hours before. 2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 43:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
piling in Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
piles in Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
piled in Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
piled in Tense=Past lexicographic

Antonyms

pile out