Definition

1. Verb:
   • To gather or pile something into a neat heap or stack: The action of collecting and arranging loose items, such as straw, leaves, or harvested crops, into a tidy pile.

Usage

• This verb is typically used in the context of agricultural work, gardening, or organizing loose materials. It describes a specific, deliberate action of creating an orderly pile.
• It is a transitive verb, requiring a direct object (the material being piled).
• Structure: Subject + đánh đống + Object.
  • Nông dân đánh đống rơm sau khi gặt. (Farmers pile up the straw after harvesting.)
  • Chúng tôi phải đánh đống lá khô lại. (We have to gather the dry leaves into a heap.)

Examples

• (The workers are stacking the hay into a pile in the corner of the field.)
• (Please pile up those old books before cleaning.)
• (Piling the compost into a heap helps it decompose faster.)

Advanced Usage

• The word implies a sense of order and tidiness in the resulting pile, not just a random accumulation.
• It can be used metaphorically in informal contexts to describe organizing scattered items or tasks into a more manageable group, though this is less common.
  • Anh ấy đánh đống hết giấy tờ lộn xộn lên bàn. (He gathered all the messy papers into a pile on the desk.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đống (noun): A heap, pile, or stack. This is the noun form that is the result of the action "đánh đống".
  • một đống rơm (a heap of straw)
• Chất đống (verb phrase): A near-synonym meaning to stack or pile up. It can sometimes be used interchangeably with "đánh đống", though "chất đống" can imply a larger or less neat pile.
  • chất đống củi (to stack firewood)

Synonyms

• Xếp thành đống: To arrange into a pile.
• Gom lại: To gather together (more general, doesn't specify the neat, piled form).

Related Phrases / Idioms

• There are no common idioms or phrasal verbs directly using "đánh đống". Its usage is quite literal and specific to the action described.

1. Gather in a neat heap
   • Cào rơm thành đống lại
     To rake straw and the gather it in a neat heap