Heap
[hiːp] or [hip]
Definition
(verb.) fill to overflow; 'heap the platter with potatoes'.
(verb.) bestow in large quantities; 'He heaped him with work'; 'She heaped scorn upon him'.
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Definition
(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; as, a heap of earth or stones.
(v. t.) To collect in great quantity; to amass; to lay up; to accumulate; -- usually with up; as, to heap up treasures.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To form or round into a heap, as in measuring; to fill (a measure) more than even full.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Pile, mass, collection, accumulation.
v. a. [1]. Pile, lay in a heap, throw into a heap.[2]. Amass, accumulate, heap up.
Typist: Zamenhof
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See ACCUMULATE]
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Definition
n. a pile or mass heaved or thrown together: a great number of things a great deal a collection: (B.) a ruin.—v.t. to throw in a heap or pile: to amass: to pile above the top:—pr.p. heap′ing; pa.p. heaped.—adj. Heap′y full of heaps.—A heap a good many; Knock all of a heap to confound utterly.
Editor: Oswald
Examples
- Somewhat as a house is composed of a group of bricks, or a sand heap of grains of sand, the human body is composed of small divisions called cells. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Sometimes their feet failed them, and they sank together in a heap; they were then propped up with the monitors' high stools. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Now pray, returned Richard, don't think me a heap of selfishness. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The wayfarer smoked his pipe out, put it in his breast, slipped off his great wooden shoes, and lay down on his back on the heap of stones. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Hay and straw were stored in that portion of the place, fagots for firing, and a heap of apples in sand. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Mr. Edison led me to a heap of junk in a corner and said: 'Put that together and let me know when it's running. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- These coils were then annealed or softened and placed in a heap. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A little way within the shop-door lay heaps of old crackled parchment scrolls and discoloured and dog's-eared law-papers. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Insurmountable heaps sometimes opposed themselves; the still burning fires scorched me. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Adieu, I send heaps of love to Papa. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- They are still up to it, sir, says Mr. Guppy, still taking stock, still examining papers, still going over the heaps and heaps of rubbish. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Miss Wade is a clever lady, who has read heaps of books, and can tell you far better and more interesting stories than I know. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Law, 't wasn't no sort o' use; I lost money on 'em, and 't was heaps o' trouble. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Among them odd heaps of old papers, this gentleman, when he comes into the property, naturally begins to rummage, don't you see? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It is a coal of fire heaped on my head; and so is every word you address to me, and every look that lights your sweet face. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- So he remains for a minute or two, heaped up against it, and then staggers down the shop to the front door. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Even in this darkness he could see the heaped pallor of old white flowers at his feet. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Greatly relieved by Mr Merdle's affable offer of assistance, he caught at it directly, and heaped acknowledgments upon him. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Their bodies were heaped together, a leathern carpet was spread over them, and on this gruesome table Abul Abbas and his councillors feasted. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Haven't you yourself declared that the fellow has heaped provocations, insults, and affronts on you, or something to that effect? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- In his youth he had ardently loved this woman, and had heaped upon her all the locked-up wealth of his affection and imagination. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Amy, who was fond of delicate fare, took a heaping spoonful, choked, hid her face in her napkin, and left the table precipitately. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It does this by scooping out shovelfuls of dirt, first with one of its hind feet and then with the other, and heaping it up like the wall of a fortress around the pit. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- You can't be too careful, especially toward spring, he said, heaping his plate with straw-coloured griddle-cakes and drowning them in golden syrup. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- So you did--so you did, honey, said Aunt Chloe, heaping the smoking batter-cakes on his plate; you know'd your old aunty'd keep the best for you. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Buy the vases, whispered Amy to Laurie, as a final heaping of coals of fire on her enemy's head. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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