heap

heap
n
1. pile, stack, mass, accumulation, bulk, drift, cumulus; hoard, store, stock, stockpile, supply; lump, deposit, swell, mound, tumulus; bank, hillock, hill, mountain; bale, bundle, cock, shock, rick, mow; load, barrow, cartload, wagonload, carload, cargo.
2. collection, amassment, assemblage, aggregation; concentration, agglomeration, conglomeration, cluster, congeries; clump, bunch, batch.
3.Informal. abundance, bounty, volume, plenty; quantities, profusion, Inf. lots, Inf. raft, storm, shower, ocean, sea, world; multitude, throng, array, legion, crowd; numbers, scores, pack, host, swarm, mob.
4.Informal. hoard, store, quite a little, considerable deal, great deal; Inf. lots, mess, peck, Inf. load, Sl. pot, mint, Inf. oodles, Inf. tons; chunk, Sl. wad, lump, Inf. hunk, gob, Sl. scad, Inf. slew.
5.Slang. jalopy, rattletrap. See jalopy.
v
6.Often heap up or on or together
accumulate, pile, pile up, roll up, stack, pack; compile, amass, cumulate; hoard, squirrel away, load up, stow away.
7. gather, glean, take in, pull in, harvest, reap; garner, store up, stock up, lay by, lay up, lay in, Inf. stash away, reserve, set aside; save, save up.
8. group, cluster, bunch up or together, huddle; mass, crowd, congregate, agglomerate.
9.Often heap on or upon
give, assign, bestow, confer; supply, provide, load, burden.

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  • Heap — (h[=e]p), n. [OE. heep, heap, heap, multitude, AS. he[ a]p; akin to OS. h[=o]p, D. hoop, OHG. houf, h[=u]fo, G. haufe, haufen, Sw. hop, Dan. hob, Icel. h[=o]pr troop, flock, Russ. kupa heap, crowd, Lith. kaupas. Cf. {Hope}, in Forlorn hope.] 1. A …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Heap — Heap, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Heaped} (h[=e]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Heaping}.] [AS. he[ a]pian.] 1. To collect in great quantity; to amass; to lay up; to accumulate; usually with up; as, to heap up treasures. [1913 Webster] Though he heap up silver as …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • heap — [hēp] n. [ME hepe, a troop, heap < OE heap, a troop, band, multitude, akin to Ger hauf(en), Du hoop < IE * keub < base * keu , bend, arch > HOP1, HIVE] 1. a pile, mass, or mound of things jumbled together 2. [often pl.] Informal a… …   English World dictionary

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