Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A disease originating in the morbid dilatation of the veins of the lower part of the rectum, and upon the verge of the anus; hemorrhoids. Constipation favors their development.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Med.) The small, troublesome tumors or swellings about the anus and lower part of the rectum which are technically called
hemorrhoids . Seehemorrhoids . [The singular pile is sometimes used.] - noun plural hemorrhoids which do not bleed.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Plural form of
pile . - noun pathology
Haemorrhoids . - noun informal A large
amount of.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun pain caused by venous swelling at or inside the anal sphincter
- noun a large number or amount
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Why, he has written a great big book, all on long sheets of paper -- piles, and _piles_, and PILES of them, and even that hasn't done it!
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[Illustration: J.J. Bradford, Esq.] _Dear Sir_ -- I was a great sufferer for thirty years from piles, and take great pleasure in bearing testimony to the fact, that since you treated me, seven years since, I _have not had a symptom of piles_.
The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Ray Vaughn Pierce 1877
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And she said they put what she called piles of paper in small boxes.
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And she said they put what she called piles of paper in small boxes.
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This congestion of the blood brings about an anatomical change in the structure of the mucous membrane, which we call piles: a mere symptom of inflammation.
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The emerods (which we call the piles, and perhaps it was then a more grievous disease than it is now) is threatened among the judgments that would be the fruit of the curse, Deut. xxviii.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume II (Joshua to Esther) 1721
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A friend of my husband's used to chide that the reason my husband's offices (work and home) were so filled with 'piles' is because that is what PILOTS do - they make PILES!
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The real trouble with TBR piles is that they seem to change on a daily basis ...
MIND MELD: What SF/F/H Books Are On The Top of Your "To-Be-Read" Pile? 2010
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It just bothers me that most of these things that these programs tweak are simple little things that could be added to options windows with a little radio or tick button, and increase the usefulness of the product, but instead they bury these options in piles of useless, uncleaned, and untrimmed code. imagefrozen
Xdn Tweaker Updates To Tweak Windows 7 | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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They need to roar out of the gate, rake in piles of money for a few weeks, and then retire to finish out the modern movie life cycle of international releases, cable premieres, and DVD box sets.
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