piling

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present participle of

to arrange objects into a pile:

We piled plenty of logs up next to the fire.

Please pile your homework books neatly on the table as you leave.

Her plate was piled (high) with salad.

Snow had piled up against the walls.

(of a group of people) to move together, especially in an uncontrolled way:

As soon as the train stopped, they all piled in/out.

A group of them had piled onto a truck, crowding on in such numbers that some were forced to sit on the roof.