heap
1. a collection of objects laid on top of each other (Freq. 6)
• Syn:
pile, mound, agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus
• Derivationally related forms:
cumulous (for: cumulus), cumulate (for: cumulus), cumulate (for: cumulation), agglomerate (for: agglomerate), pile (for: pile)
• Hypernyms:
collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
• Hyponyms:
compost heap, compost pile, dunghill, midden, muckheap,
muckhill, scrapheap, shock, slagheap, stack, pyre,
funeral pyre, woodpile, stockpile
2. (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent (Freq. 2)
- 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, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint,
mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty,
pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate,
stack, tidy sum, wad
• Derivationally related forms:
wad (for: wad), plenteous (for: plenty), pile (for: pile)
• Hypernyms:
large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount
• Hyponyms:
flood, inundation, deluge, torrent, haymow
3. a car that is old and unreliable
- the fenders had fallen off that old bus
• Syn:
bus, jalopy
• Hypernyms:
car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar, dysphemism
1. bestow in large quantities (Freq. 1)
- He heaped him with work
- She heaped scorn upon him
• Hypernyms:
give
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody with something
- Somebody ----s something on somebody
2. arrange in stacks (Freq. 1)
- heap firewood around the fireplace
- stack your books up on the shelves
• Syn:
stack, pile
• See Also:
heap up, pile up (for: pile), stack up (for: stack)
• Derivationally related forms:
pile (for: pile), stack (for: stack), stacker (for: stack)
• Hypernyms:
arrange, set up
• Hyponyms:
rick, cord
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something PP
- They heap the books into the box
3. fill to overflow
- heap the platter with potatoes
• Hypernyms:
fill, fill up, make full
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- They heap the cart with boxes
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