Heaping
['hi:piŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Heap
Editor: Rhoda
Examples
- 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.
Editor: Rhoda