Stack
31stack — I. noun Etymology: Middle English stak, from Old Norse stakkr; akin to Russian stog stack and probably to Old English staca stake Date: 14th century 1. a large usually conical pile (as of hay, straw, or grain in the sheaf) left standing in the… …
32stack — {{11}}stack (n.) c.1300, pile, heap, or group of things, from O.N. stakkr haystack (Cf. Dan. stak, Swed. stack heap, stack ), from P.Gmc. *stakkoz, from PIE *stognos (Cf. O.C.S. stogu heap, Rus. stog haystack, Lith. stokas pillar ), fro …
33stack — [[t]stæ̱k[/t]] stacks, stacking, stacked 1) N COUNT: usu N of n A stack of things is a pile of them. There were stacks of books on the bedside table and floor. 2) VERB If you stack a number of things, you arrange them in neat piles. [V n] Mme… …
34stack up — UK US stack up Phrasal Verb with stack({{}}/stæk/ verb [T] ► to produce a particular result or impression: »How do the three project proposals and their financing stack up? stack up against sth »What most firms want to know is how they stack up… …
35stack — 01. There is a [stack] of newspapers in the hall that need to be recycled. 02. I have [stacks] of homework assignments to mark this weekend. 03. The American Olympic basketball team is [stacked] with professional players from the NBA. 04. The cat …
36stack — [[t]stæk[/t]] n. 1) a more or less orderly pile or heap 2) agr. a large, usu. conical, circular, or rectangular pile of hay, straw, or the like 3) Often, stacks. a set of shelves for books ranged compactly one above the other, as in a library 4)… …
37stack — n. & v. n. 1 a pile or heap, esp. in orderly arrangement. 2 a circular or rectangular pile of hay, straw, etc., or of grain in sheaf, often with a sloping thatched top, a rick. 3 colloq. a large quantity (a stack of work; has stacks of money). 4… …
38stack — 1. noun /stæk/ a) A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, larger at the bottom than the top, sometimes covered with thatch. Please bring me a chair from that stack in the corner. b) A pile of similar objects, each directly on top …
39stack up — phrasal verb Word forms stack up : present tense I/you/we/they stack up he/she/it stacks up present participle stacking up past tense stacked up past participle stacked up 1) [intransitive] to increase continuously in a way that seems threatening …
40stack up — 1) PHRASAL VERB: no passive If you ask how one person or thing stacks up against other people or things, you are asking how the one compares with the others. [INFORMAL] [V P against/to n] The British will be out to see how they stack up to the… …
