stack
verb/stæk/
/stæk/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they stack | /stæk/ /stæk/ |
| he / she / it stacks | /stæks/ /stæks/ |
| past simple stacked | /stækt/ /stækt/ |
| past participle stacked | /stækt/ /stækt/ |
| -ing form stacking | /ˈstækɪŋ/ /ˈstækɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] to arrange objects neatly in a pile; to be arranged in this way
- stack (something) to stack boxes
- Do these chairs stack?
- stacking chairs
- stack something (up) (+ adv./prep.) logs stacked up against a wall
Extra Examples- Boxes were stacked in piles all around the room.
- Stack the chairs up over there.
- The cases were stacked against the wall.
- The paintings were stacked in a corner of the room.
- The plates were neatly stacked on the draining board.
- The wood was collected up and carefully stacked away.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- neatly
- away
- …
- against
- in
- on
- …
- be stacked in piles
- [transitive] stack something (with something) to fill something with piles of things
- They were busy stacking the shelves with goods.
- shelves stacked with boxes
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- neatly
- away
- …
- against
- in
- on
- …
- be stacked in piles
- [intransitive, transitive] stack (something) (up) if aircraft stack (up) or are stacked (up) over an airport, there are several flying around waiting for their turn to landTopics Transport by airc2
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old Norse stakkr ‘haystack’, of Germanic origin.
Idioms
See stack in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee stack in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishstack it
- (informal) to fall over or off something, especially in a way that makes you look silly and makes other people laugh
- I tried a spin on the ice and stacked it.
- My heel got caught and I almost stacked it.
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