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stockpiled

stockpiled is the simple past and past participle of stockpile.

Meaning of stockpile

Verb

stockpile (third-person singular simple present stockpiles, present participle stockpiling, simple past and past participle stockpiled)

  1. (also, figuratively, transitive) To accumulate or build up a supply of (something).
    • He stockpiled weapons and took pot shots in the air / He feasted on their lovely bodies like a lunatic2007 June–July (date recorded), Nick Cave, “Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!”, in Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!, performed by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, published 18 February 2008
    1. (also, figuratively, specifically, transitive) To build up a stock of (nuclear weapons).
  2. (also, figuratively, transitive) To heap up piles of (coal or ore) on the ground after it has been mined.
  3. (also, figuratively, intransitive) To build up a supply; to accumulate.

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Questions about stockpiled

What is stockpiled the simple past and past participle of?
Stockpiled is the simple past and past participle of stockpile.

Words near stockpiled in the dictionary

  1. stockpersons
  2. stockphyshe
  3. stockpicker
  4. stockpickers
  5. stockpile
  6. stockpiled
  7. stockpiler
  8. stockpilers
  9. stockpiles
  10. stockpiling
  11. stockpilings

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