Heap
WordNet
noun
(1) A car that is old and unreliable
"The fenders had fallen off that old bus"
(2) A collection of objects laid on top of each other
(3) (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"
"It must have cost plenty"
verb
(4) Fill to overflow
"Heap the platter with potatoes"
(5) Arrange in stacks
"Heap firewood around the fireplace"
"Stack your books up on the shelves"
(6) Bestow in large quantities
"He heaped him with work"
"She heaped scorn upon him"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of persons.
- A great number or large quantity of things not placed in a pile.
- 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.
- A data structure consisting of trees in which each node is greater than all its children.
Verb
- (transitive) To pile in a heap.
- He heaped the laundry upon the bed and began folding.
- (transitive) To supply in great quantity.
- They heaped praise upon their newest hero.
Etymology
, whence also Old High German houf. Compare also Old Norse hópr