STACK


Meaning of STACK in English

n.

Function: transitive verb

Date: 14th century

1 a : to arrange in a stack : PILE b : to pile in or on < stack ed the table with books> < stack the dishwasher>

2 a : to arrange secretly for cheating < stack a deck of cards> b : to arrange or fix so as to make a particular result likely <the odds are stack ed against us> <will stack juries to suit themselves ― Patrice Horn>

3 a : to assign (an airplane) by radio to a particular altitude and position within a group circling before landing b : to put into a waiting line <another dozen rigs are stack ed up and waiting ― P. H. Hutchins, Jr.>

4 : COMPARE ― used with against <such a crime is nothing when stack ed against a murder ― Pete Censky>

intransitive verb : to form a stack

– stack · er noun

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.