heap
Slang. an automobile, especially a dilapidated one.
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.
to become heaped or piled, as sand or snow; rise in a heap or heaps (often followed by up).
Idioms about heap
Origin of heap
1Other words for heap
Other words from heap
- heaper, noun
- heapy, adjective
- o·ver·heap, verb (used with object)
- un·heaped, adjective
Words Nearby heap
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How to use heap in a sentence
User error accounts for the majority of gear failure in the field, so learning how your tent or bedding sets up before you leave home can save you heaps of time and stress when you’re depending on it.
It’s notably lacking in the generous heaps of grated fresh ginger I know Sammy adds to his blend, but still, it’s excellent.
Until I Can Go Back to My Favorite Restaurant, This Jerk Paste Is the Next Best Thing | Elazar Sontag | September 25, 2020 | EaterWhere this has proved impossible, we’ve outsourced the process using barrels, jars, compost heaps, and industrial fermenters.
The Fungal Evangelist Who Would Save the Bees - Issue 90: Something Green | Merlin Sheldrake | September 23, 2020 | NautilusThese include human bones, ancient buildings, ancient trash heaps and more.
Another plus is that busy microbes in a compost heap put out a lot of heat.
Greener than burial? Turning human bodies into worm food | Laura Sanders | April 3, 2020 | Science News For Students
The problem runs far deeper, to an absurdly narrow legal definition of ‘corruption’ that throws democracy on the trash heap.
Undo Citizens United? We’d Only Scratch the Surface | Jedediah Purdy | November 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSince then, Abilify has risen from the fifth-most-prescribed drug to the top of the heap.
Mother’s Little Anti-Psychotic Is Worth $6.9 Billion A Year | Jay Michaelson | November 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd 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.
Inside a Hospital for the Criminally Insane | Caitlin Dickson | September 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis regrettable action will, of course, ignite a racial gang war, leaving a heap of bodies in its wake.
Inside 'Sons of Anarchy's' Final Season: Creator Kurt Sutter on the Most Brutal Season Yet | Annaliza Savage | September 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut here at Fort Walsh we're among a class of people that are a heap different from Texas cow-punchers.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairAt this point Harry entered and stood afar off, eying Punch, a disheveled heap in the corner of the room, with disgust.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II | Rudyard KiplingIf they'd been white men I would probably have been curled in a neat heap within two hundred yards.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairYou'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.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairHe gathered the heap and flung it into a corner, then caught up his hat and struck out for the loneliest part of the ranch.
Ancestors | Gertrude Atherton
British Dictionary definitions for heap
/ (hiːp) /
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
heaps (intensifier): he said he was feeling heaps better
(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
Origin of heap
1Derived forms of heap
- heaper, noun
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