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Meaning of 'heap' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Heap [ n.]
- A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of persons.
- A great number or large quantity of things not placed in a pile.
- A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation; as, a heap of earth or stones.
2 . Heap [ v. t.]
- To collect in great quantity; to amass; to lay up; to accumulate; -- usually with up; as, to heap up treasures.
- To throw or lay in a heap; to make a heap of; to pile; as, to heap stones; -- often with up; as, to heap up earth; or with on; as, to heap on wood or coal.
- To form or round into a heap, as in measuring; to fill (a measure) more than even full.

Meaning of 'heap' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . heap [ n]
Meaning (1):
- (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
Example in sentence:
  • a batch of letters;
  • a deal of trouble;
  • a lot of money;
  • a slew of journalists;
  • a wad of money;
  • he made a mint on the stock market;
  • it must have cost plenty;
  • see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
Meaning (2):
- a car that is old and unreliable
Example in sentence:
  • the fenders had fallen off that old bus
3 . heap [ v]
Meaning (3):
- bestow in large quantities
Example in sentence:
  • He heaped him with work;
  • She heaped scorn upon him
Meaning (4):
- arrange in stacks
Example in sentence:
  • heap firewood around the fireplace;
  • stack your books up on the shelves
Meaning (5):
- fill to overflow
Example in sentence:
  • heap the platter with potatoes

Nearby Words:

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