EXACT MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
pile, s. (In phrase) ~ seam = pléiseam.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Boilg an daorghalair, piles, tumours of haemorrhoids.
Ag caidhleadh na bpinginí ar a chéile, piling the pennies on top of each other.
~ a dhéanamh de rud, to pile up sth.
Ag ~adh airgid, making piles of money.
Ag ~adh leabhar ar a chéile, piling books on top of one another.
~ leabhar, litreacha, pile of books, of letters.
~ éisc, adhmaid, pile of fish, of timber.
Ag ~ oibre, piling up work, working at great speed.
Ráth do chlaidhe, to pile up the earthen rampart of a fort.
~ta ar an gcarnán, piled together on the (rubbish-)heap.
~ adhmaid, pile of timber.
Tá a dheascán déanta aige, he has made his pile.
Bhí an carn ag éirí, the mound was piling up.
Rudaí a chur i bh~ a chéile, to pile up things; to put things together, tidy things up.
~í a thógáil ar éadach, to raise a pile on cloth.
Chuir sé ~ ghiorria d’im air, he piled it high with butter.
Chuir sé ~ is cruach air, he piled it up high.
Dul ó mhaoil go mullach, to pile things higher, to go from bad to worse.
Tá airgead ina mhaoiseoga aige, he has piles of money.
~ a shá, a chur sa talamh, to drive in a pile.