(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
A ~ of things is a pile of them.
There were ~s of books on the bedside table and floor.
N-COUNT: usu N of n
2.
If you ~ a number of things, you arrange them in neat piles.
Mme Cathiard was ~ing the clean bottles in crates...
They are ~ed neatly in piles of three.
VERB: V n, V-ed
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Stack up means the same as ~ .
He ordered them to ~ up pillows behind his back.
...plates of delicious food ~ed up on the counters.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V-ed P
3.
If you say that someone has ~s of something, you mean that they have a lot of it. (INFORMAL)
If the job’s that good, you’ll have ~s of money.
N-PLURAL: N of n
4.
If someone in authority ~s an organization or body, they fill it with their own supporters so that the decisions it makes will be the ones they want it to make. (mainly AM)
They said they were going to ~ the court with anti-abortion judges...
= pack
VERB: V n with n
5.
see also ~ed , chimney ~
6.
If you say that the odds are ~ed against someone, or that particular factors are ~ed against them, you mean that they are unlikely to succeed in what they want to do because the conditions are not favourable.
The odds are ~ed against civilians getting a fair trial...
Everything seems to be ~ed against us.
PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n