pile up

• Verbe à particule signifiant s'accumuler ou s'entasser en une masse ou en grande quantité, ou augmenter en nombre (tâches, événements).

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of accumulating or gathering in a heap or large quantity, or tasks/events increasing in number.

indénombrable · intransitif · phrasal, sans objet

1. Accumulate physicallyinformal

   To form a pile or heap; to place things on top of each other.

   Empiler

   • Dirty dishes piled up in the sink after the party.
   • Leaves pile up in the yard during autumn.
   • He piled up the books on his desk.

   Synonymesaccumulateamasscollectgatherheapmoundstackstockpile

   Antonymesdispersedistributescatterseparatespread

2. Accumulate in quantityinformal

   To increase in amount or number, often in a way that becomes difficult to manage.

   s'accumuler

   • Work started to pile up while I was on vacation.
   • Bills pile up quickly if you don't pay them on time.
   • Problems piled up one after another.

   Synonymesaccumulateamassbuild upcollectgatherheap upmount upstack upstockpile

   Antonymesdecreasediminishdispersedissipatedwindlelessenreduce

Verbe de basepile