Definition of "piling" []

• The act of driving piles. (noun)
• Piles considered as a group. (noun)
• A structure composed of piles. (noun)

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• "Is that what you call piling a MASSIVE deficit onto future generations, children (little people)."
• "I jumped out of my sleeping bag and begin piling more wood and pine bows on the fire."
• "Greece led the peripheral countries in piling up debts that it had little hope of ever repaying."