Heap

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A group of things placed or thrown, one on top of the other: a heap of dirty rags lying in the corner.
  • n. Informal A great deal; a lot. Often used in the plural: We have heaps of homework tonight.
  • n. Slang An old or run-down car.
  • v. To put or throw in a pile.
  • v. To fill completely or to overflowing: heap a plate with vegetables.
  • v. To bestow in abundance or lavishly: heaped praise on the rescuers.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people.
  • n. A great number or large quantity of things not placed in a pile.
  • n. 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.
  • n. A data structure consisting of trees in which each node is greater than all its children.
  • v. To pile in a heap.
  • v. To form or round into a heap, as in measuring.
  • v. To supply in great quantity.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of persons.
  • n. A great number or large quantity of things not placed in a pile.
  • n. A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation.
  • v. To collect in great quantity; to amass; to lay up; to accumulate; -- usually with up.
  • v. To throw or lay in a heap; to make a heap of; to pile; ; -- often with up; ; or with on.
  • v. To form or round into a heap, as in measuring; to fill (a measure) more than even full.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A great number of persons or animals; a troop; a crowd; a multitude.
  • n. A great number of things; a large accumulation, stock, or store of any kind; a large quantity; a great deal: as, a heap of money; the frost destroyed a heap of fruit.
  • n. A collection of things laid in a body so as to form an elevation; a pile or raised mass: as, a heap of earth or stones. In some places a heap of limestone was formerly 4¾ cubic yards.
  • n. In mathematics, a collection of objects all related in the same way one to another.
  • To cast, lay, or gather in a heap; pile; accumulate; amass: as, to heap stones or ore: often with up or on: as, to heap up treasures; to heap on wood or coal.
  • To round or form into a heap, as in measuring; give or fill with overflowing measure.
  • To bestow a heap or large quantity upon.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a collection of objects laid on top of each other
  • n. a car that is old and unreliable
  • v. fill to overflow
  • v. bestow in large quantities
  • n. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
  • v. arrange in stacks
  • Verb Form
    heaped    heaping    heaps   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    car    automobile    dysphemism    auto    motorcar    machine    make full    fill up    fill    give   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    crowd    throng    pile    overfill    cumber    lot   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Jeep    Peep    Streep    asleep    beep    bleep    bopeep    cheap    creep    deep   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    pile    mound    bundle    bit    lump    mass    handful    patch    fragment    quantity