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heap
[ heep ]
noun
- a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile:
a heap of stones.
Synonyms: collection, accumulation, stack, mass
- 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 ).
heap
/ hiːp /
noun
- a collection of articles or mass of material gathered together in one place
- informal.often pluralusually foll byof a large number or quantity
- give them heaps slang.give them heaps to contend strenuously with an opposing sporting team
- give it heaps slang.give it heaps to try very hard
- informal.a place or thing that is very old, untidy, unreliable, etc
the car was a heap
adverb
- heapsheaps (intensifier)
he said he was feeling heaps better
verb
- often foll byup 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
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Derived Forms
- ˈheaper, noun
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Other Words From
- heaper noun
- heapy adjective
- over·heap verb (used with object)
- un·heaped adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of heap1
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Origin of heap1
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Idioms and Phrases
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Example Sentences
The problem runs far deeper, to an absurdly narrow legal definition of ‘corruption’ that throws democracy on the trash heap.
Since then, Abilify has risen from the fifth-most-prescribed drug to the top of the heap.
And Ebola, in turn, has returned to the top of the local talking-points heap.
He snatched up the thrown chair and crashed it down onto the head of a charging older black man, who crumpled into a heap.
This regrettable action will, of course, ignite a racial gang war, leaving a heap of bodies in its wake.
But here at Fort Walsh we're among a class of people that are a heap different from Texas cow-punchers.
At this point Harry entered and stood afar off, eying Punch, a disheveled heap in the corner of the room, with disgust.
If they'd been white men I would probably have been curled in a neat heap within two hundred yards.
You'll be a heap more sane when you get that old, wild-west notion, that every man should be a law unto himself, out of your head.
He gathered the heap and flung it into a corner, then caught up his hat and struck out for the loneliest part of the ranch.
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