heaped; heaping; heaps
1
a
: to throw or lay in a heap : pile or collect in great quantity
his sole object was to heap up riches
b
: to form or round into a heap
heaped the dirt into a mound
c
: to form a heap on : load heavily
heap the plates with food
2
: to accord or bestow lavishly or in large quantities
heaped honors upon them
Synonyms
Noun
- abundance
- barrel
- basketful
- boatload
- bucket
- bunch
- bundle
- bushel
- carload
- chunk
- deal
- dozen
- fistful
- gobs
- good deal
- hundred
- lashings [chiefly British]
- lashins
- loads
- lot
- mass
- mess
- mountain
- much
- multiplicity
- myriad
- oodles
- pack
- passel
- peck
- pile
- plateful
- plenitude
- plentitude
- plenty
- pot
- potful
- profusion
- quantity
- raft
- reams
- scads
- sheaf
- shipload
- sight
- slew
- spate
- stack
- store
- ton
- truckload
- volume
- wad
- wealth
- yard
Verb
Examples of heap in a Sentence
Noun
He dumped the grass clippings into the compost heap.
a heap of old newspapers
She left her dirty clothes in a heap on the floor.
He's in a heap of trouble!
I can't believe he's still driving that old heap.
Verb
the critics heaped scorn on the wannabe blockbuster and its implausible plot
heaped the stones in a corner of the yard
Recent Examples on the Web
Zack Sharf, Variety, 11 Apr. 2024
Ships will be unable to enter or exit the port until the mangled heap of steel debris from the bridge is cleared from the channel.
—Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 28 Mar. 2024
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Noun
In the eight-year-old footage, Rickman heaps praise upon Radcliffe.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 11 Apr. 2024
Ships will be unable to enter or exit the port until the mangled heap of steel debris from the bridge is cleared from the channel.
—Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 28 Mar. 2024
See all Example Sentences for heap
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“Heap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heap. Accessed 4 May. 2024.
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