heap

[ heep ]

/ hip /

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noun

a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile: a heap of stones.

Informal. a great quantity or number; multitude: a heap of people.

Slang. an automobile, especially a dilapidated one.

verb (used with object)

to gather, put, or cast in a heap; pile (often followed by up, on, together, etc.).

to accumulate or amass (often followed by up or together): to heap up riches.

to give, assign, or bestow in great quantity; load (often followed by on or upon): to heap blessings upon someone; to heap someone with work.

to load, supply, or fill abundantly: to heap a plate with food.

verb (used without object)

to become heaped or piled, as sand or snow; rise in a heap or heaps (often followed by up).

Idioms for heap

all of a heap, Informal.

overwhelmed with astonishment; amazed: We were struck all of a heap upon hearing of their divorce.
suddenly; abruptly: All of a heap the room was empty.

Origin of heap

before 900; 1925–30 for def 3; Middle English heep, Old English hēap; cognate with Dutch hoop, Old High German houf; akin to German Haufe

SYNONYMS FOR heap

1 mass, stack; accumulation, collection.

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OTHER WORDS FROM heap

heap·er, noun heap·y, adjective o·ver·heap, verb (used with object) un·heaped, adjective

Words nearby heap

healthy, healthyish, healy, heaney, heao, heap, heaping, hear, hear a peep out of, hear a pin drop, can, hear from

Example sentences from the Web for heaped

And they said that the blame for managing foreign policy crises can hardly be heaped on the departing secretary.

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A mound of flowers to those killed by real bullets is heaped in a memorial on the road to the parliament.

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One imagines that the latest pope, a Jesuit, is familiar with the centuries of calumny that have been heaped upon his forebears.

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But those who heaped abuse were the rarities, the people my friends and I laughed at.

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If, for a while, critical attention was heaped on post-9/11 fiction—What is it?

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The talk turned on "El Dorado" and the fabulous treasures he had heaped up.

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At the present day she puts her foot upon it and knocks down little piles of heaped grain.

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Vincenzio Romoli, together with Agnolino, tended the fire and heaped on quantities of precious perfumes.

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There they were, heaped up in an auriferous pyramid curiously balanced on its apex.

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But now the pyre is ready to be heaped, and the obsequies of Patroclus are on the point of being celebrated.

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British Dictionary definitions for heaped

heap

/ (hiːp) /

noun

a collection of articles or mass of material gathered together in one place

(often plural usually foll by of) informal a large number or quantity

give them heaps Australian slang to contend strenuously with an opposing sporting team

give it heaps NZ slang to try very hard

informal a place or thing that is very old, untidy, unreliable, etc the car was a heap

adverb

heaps (intensifier) he said he was feeling heaps better

verb

(often foll by up or together) to collect or be collected into or as if into a heap or pile to heap up wealth

(tr; often foll by with, on, or upon) to load or supply (with) abundantly to heap with riches

Derived forms of heap

heaper, noun

Word Origin for heap

Old English héap; related to Old Frisian hāp, Old Saxon hōp, Old High German houf

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