pill up

C1 neutral mixed both

In simple words

to build up into a lot

Literal meaning: to form like a pile

Meanings

1 C1 neutral

rare

to gather or heap up in a mass

"Snow had pilled up against the garden gate overnight."

Grammar: mixed

Usage notes

Very rare in modern English and often treated as a variant or dialect form of 'pile up'. Learners should mainly recognize it rather than use it.

snow sand material debris

Base

pill up

I/you/we/they

3rd person

pills up

he/she/it

Past simple

pilled up

yesterday

Past participle

pilled up

have + pp

-ing form

pilling up

continuous

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