unpile

[ uhn-pahyl ]

verb (used with object)

, un·piled, un·pil·ing.

1. to disentangle or remove from a piled condition:

   to unpile boxes.

verb (used without object)

, un·piled, un·pil·ing.

1. to become removed or separated from a piled condition:

   The football players unpiled after each play.

Word History and Origins

Origin of unpile¹

First recorded in 1605–15; un- ² + pile ¹

Example Sentences

"Page," panted Dee, "don't you think Louis had lots of moral courage to go back there where he had so nearly come to grief and take down that rope and unpile those bricks?"

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I came flying into this station in marshal's uniform, and before the men had time to unpile arms, I had arrived with only one man with me.

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Here we form fours, form two deep, slope arms, order arms, present arms, trail arms, ground arms, take up arms, pile arms, unpile arms, move to the right in fours, by the left, left wheel.

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I came flying into this station in Marshal's uniform, and before the men had had time to unpile their arms, I had arrived, with only one man with me.

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For the moment, I looked round bewildered; but the report of the pistol had caught the ears of the guard, whom I saw hurrying to unpile their muskets.

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