'Heap' definitions:

Definition of 'heap'

From: WordNet
noun
A collection of objects laid on top of each other [syn: pile, heap, mound, agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus]
noun
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" [syn: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad]
noun
A car that is old and unreliable; "the fenders had fallen off that old bus" [syn: bus, jalopy, heap]
verb
Bestow in large quantities; "He heaped him with work"; "She heaped scorn upon him"
verb
Arrange in stacks; "heap firewood around the fireplace"; "stack your books up on the shelves" [syn: stack, pile, heap]
verb
Fill to overflow; "heap the platter with potatoes"

Definition of 'Heap'

From: GCIDE
  • 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 dust. --Job. xxvii. 16. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To form or round into a heap, as in measuring; to fill (a measure) more than even full. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Heap'

From: GCIDE
  • Heap \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 crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of persons. [Now Low or Humorous] [1913 Webster]
  • The wisdom of a heap of learned men. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • A heap of vassals and slaves. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • He had heaps of friends. --W. Black. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A great number or large quantity of things not placed in a pile; as, a heap of trouble. [Now Low or Humorous] [1913 Webster]
  • A vast heap, both of places of scripture and quotations. --Bp. Burnet. [1913 Webster]
  • I have noticed a heap of things in my life. --R. L. Stevenson. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Huge heaps of slain around the body rise. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Heap'

From: Easton
  • Heap When Joshua took the city of Ai (Josh. 8), he burned it and "made it an heap [Heb. tel] for ever" (8:28). The ruins of this city were for a long time sought for in vain. It has been at length, however, identified with the mound which simply bears the name of "Tel." "There are many Tels in modern Palestine, that land of Tels, each Tel with some other name attached to it to mark the former site. But the site of Ai has no other name 'unto this day.' It is simply et-Tel, 'the heap' par excellence."

Synonyms of 'heap'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Heap'