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- [heep]
- /hip/
- /hiːp/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [heep]
- /hip/
Definitions of heap word
- noun heap a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile: a heap of stones. 1
- noun heap Informal. a great quantity or number; multitude: a heap of people. 1
- noun heap Slang. an automobile, especially a dilapidated one. 1
- verb with object heap to gather, put, or cast in a heap; pile (often followed by up, on, together, etc.). 1
- verb with object heap to accumulate or amass (often followed by up or together): to heap up riches. 1
- verb with object heap to give, assign, or bestow in great quantity; load (often followed by on or upon): to heap blessings upon someone; to heap someone with work. 1
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Origin of heap
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; 1925-30 for def 3; Middle English heep, Old English hēap; cognate with Dutch hoop, Old High German houf; akin to German Haufe
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Parts of speech for Heap
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
heap popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
heap usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for heap
noun heap
- bundle — A bundle of things is a number of them that are tied together or wrapped in a cloth or bag so that they can be carried or stored.
- lump — a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape: a lump of coal.
- jumble — to mix in a confused mass; put or throw together without order: You've jumbled up all the cards.
- clump — A clump of things such as trees or plants is a small group of them growing together.
- stack — a more or less orderly pile or heap: a precariously balanced stack of books; a neat stack of papers.
verb heap
- concentrate — If you concentrate on something, or concentrate your mind on it, you give all your attention to it.
- dump — to drop or let fall in a mass; fling down or drop heavily or suddenly: Dump the topsoil here.
- group — any collection or assemblage of persons or things; cluster; aggregation: a group of protesters; a remarkable group of paintings.
- augment — To augment something means to make it larger, stronger, or more effective by adding something to it.
- arrange — If you arrange an event or meeting, you make plans for it to happen.
adjective heap
- countless — Countless means very many.
- stacker — a more or less orderly pile or heap: a precariously balanced stack of books; a neat stack of papers.
- wadder — a small mass, lump, or ball of anything: a wad of paper; a wad of tobacco.
- zillion — an extremely large, indeterminate number.
- pecker — a person or thing that pecks.
Antonyms for heap
noun heap
- individual — a single human being, as distinguished from a group.
- valley — an elongated depression between uplands, hills, or mountains, especially one following the course of a stream.
- little — small in size; not big; not large; tiny: a little desk in the corner of the room.
- ditch — a long, narrow excavation made in the ground by digging, as for draining or irrigating land; trench.
- debt — A debt is a sum of money that you owe someone.
verb heap
- squander — to spend or use (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully (often followed by away).
- use — to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
- disperse — to drive or send off in various directions; scatter: to disperse a crowd.
- scatter — to throw loosely about; distribute at irregular intervals: to scatter seeds.
- mix up — an act or instance of mixing.
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