Pile vs. Sherpa

Pile (noun)

A mass of things heaped together; a heap.

Pile (noun)

A group or list of related items up for consideration, especially in some kind of selection process.

“When we were looking for a new housemate, we put the nice woman on the “maybe” pile, and the annoying guy on the “no” pile.”

Pile (noun)

A mass formed in layers.

“a pile of shot”

Pile (noun)

A funeral pile; a pyre.

Pile (noun)

A large building, or mass of buildings.

Pile (noun)

A bundle of pieces of wrought iron to be worked over into bars or other shapes by rolling or hammering at a welding heat; a fagot.

Pile (noun)

A vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals (especially copper and zinc), laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity; a voltaic pile, or galvanic pile.

Pile (noun)

An atomic pile; an early form of nuclear reactor.

Pile (noun)

The reverse (or tails) of a coin.

Pile (noun)

A list or league

Pile (noun)

A dart; an arrow.

Pile (noun)

The head of an arrow or spear.

Pile (noun)

A large stake, or piece of pointed timber, steel etc., driven into the earth or sea-bed for the support of a building, a pier, or other superstructure, or to form a cofferdam, etc.

Pile (noun)

One of the ordinaries or subordinaries having the form of a wedge, usually placed palewise, with the broadest end uppermost.

Pile (noun)

A hemorrhoid.

Pile (noun)

Hair, especially when very fine or short; the fine underfur of certain animals. (Formerly countable, now treated as a collective singular.)

Pile (noun)

The raised hairs, loops or strands of a fabric; the nap of a cloth.

Pile (verb)

To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to collect into a mass; to accumulate

“They were piling up wood on the wheelbarrow.”

Pile (verb)

To cover with heaps; or in great abundance; to fill or overfill; to load.

“We piled the camel with our loads.”

Pile (verb)

To add something to a great number.

Pile (verb)

(of vehicles) To create a hold-up.

Pile (verb)

To place (guns, muskets, etc.) together in threes so that they can stand upright, supporting each other.

Pile (verb)

To drive piles into; to fill with piles; to strengthen with piles.

Pile (verb)

To give a pile to; to make shaggy.

Sherpa (noun)

A mountain guide or porter, particularly a male of the Sherpa people so employed.

Sherpa (noun)

An expert sent by a country’s leader to a summit meeting.

Sherpa (noun)

A synthetic fabric with a long, thick pile, similar to faux fur, imitation lamb wool{{,}} or fleece.

Sherpa (verb)

To serve as a guide or porter for another.