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heap
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- pronunciation:
- hip
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb)
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a great number of things lying on top of each other; pile.
a gravel heapa heap of junk metal- synonyms:
- pile
- similar words:
- accumulation, agglomerate, bank, mound, mountain, stack
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| definition 2: |
(informal) a great amount or number.
a heap of money- synonyms:
- multitude, pile, stack
- similar words:
- abundance, chunk, gobs, mass, mess, mountain, myriad, oodles, profusion, scads, tons, world
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| definition 3: |
(slang) a run-down car.
- synonyms:
- crate, jalopy
- similar words:
- rattletrap, wreck
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| related words: |
bunch, car, collection, drift, jumble, lot, many, much, tumble, volume, wealth |
adjective + (n.)heap
bloody, crumpled, giant, loose, sad, shapeless, smoldering, tangled, twisted
verb + (n.)heap
collapse, crash, crumple, dump, fall, land, lay, lie, pile, rescue, slag, sob, surround, throw, toss, tumble
(n.)heap
+ verb
burn, leach, praise, rust, top, wrap
noun + (n.)heap
ash, bottom, brush, collapse, compost, dump, dung, dust, garbage, junk, rubbish, scrap, slag, top, tower, trash
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
heaps, heaping, heaped |
| definition 1: |
to put, cast, or form in a heap; pile up (often fol. by "up," "on," or the like).
He heaped his belongings on the porch.- synonyms:
- pile
- similar words:
- agglomerate, bank, mound, stack
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| definition 2: |
to give, load, or assign in great quantity (usu. fol. by on or upon).
She heaps praise on her associates.- synonyms:
- pile
- similar words:
- lavish, rain
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| definition 3: |
to fill or overfill.
He heaped his cart with old clothes.- synonyms:
- pile
- similar words:
- fill, load, stack, stuff
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| related words: |
collect, drift, hoard, jumble, pack, shock, spread, tumble |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to accumulate, rise, or be in one or more heaps or piles (often fol. by "up").
The snow heaped up along the fence.- synonyms:
- accumulate
- similar words:
- accrue, agglomerate, amass, drift
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| related words: |
bank, stack |
(v.)heap
+ adverb
together
(v.)heap
+ noun
bag,
basket,
batter,
bean,
blame,
bowl,
breakfast,
burden,
cheese,
chicken,
clothes,
coal,
cream,
criticism,
cup,
debt,
desk,
dirt,
dose,
floor,
flower,
food,
foot,
fruit,
helping,
insult,
mixture,
mound,
pasta,
pile,
plate,
platter,
portion,
potato,
powder,
praise,
responsibility,
rice,
ridicule,
salad,
sandwich,
scorn,
serving,
shrimp,
spoonful,
sugar,
tablespoon,
tablespoonful,
teaspoon,
teaspoonful,
tray,
vegetable,
wood
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