| piling | n 1. act of driving in piles, kerja memantakkan tiang: the ~ will take at least six months, kerja memantakkan cerucuk akan mengambil masa sekurang-kurangnya enam bulan; 2. piles collectively, cerucuk(-cerucuk): steel ~, cerucuk besi. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| pile 1 | vt 1. stack, (neatly) menyusun; (in disorderly manner) melonggokkan, menimbunkan; (hair) menyanggul lipat: the librarian started piling the reference books on top of each other, pustakawan itu mula menyusun buku-buku rujukan tersebut; she looks nice with her hair ~d high on her head, dia kelihatan cantik dgn rambutnya disanggul lipat tinggi di atas kepala; 2. load or fill with, menimbunkan, melonggokkan: he ~d a lot of food on his plate, dia menimbunkan makanan yg banyak dlm pinggannya; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| pile 1 | ~ up, a. accumulate into large quantity, menimbun; (of clouds) mula bergumpal: the mail ~d up while we were away, mel menimbun semasa kami tdk ada; work ~d up while he was ill, kerja menimbun semasa dia sakit; it’s worrying when debts start to ~ up, adalah membimbangkan apabila hutang mula menimbun; when you see black clouds piling up in the sky, you can be pretty sure that it’s going to rain, apabila kamu nampak awan hitam mula bergumpal di langit, itulah tandanya hari akan hujan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| pile 1 | ~ st on st, /menimbunkan, melonggokkan/ sst ke dlm sst: some more wood was ~d on the fire, lebih banyak kayu ditimbunkan ke dlm api; ~on the agony, (colloq) membesar-besarkan + approp n: my aunt loves to ~ on the agony when she describes her operation,mak cik saya suka membesar-besarkan kesakitannya apabila bercerita ttg pembedahan yg dilaluinya; will you stop piling on the agony! I’m sure the trip wasn’t as bad as that, hentikan membesar-besarkan cerita! Saya pasti perjalanan tersebut tidaklah seteruk itu; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| pile 1 | b. (of vehicles) crash into one another, berlanggar bertindan-tindih: a lorry and two cars ~d up on the highway this morning, sebuah lori dan dua buah kereta berlanggar bertindan-tindih di lebuh raya pagi tadi; ~ st up, (in a heap) /menimbunkan, melonggokkan/ sst; (neatly) menyusun sst: the rubbish had been ~d up in the corner, sampah telah ditimbunkan di penjuru itu; the small child loves piling up his building blocks, budak itu suka menyusun blok-blok mainannya; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |