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English noun: heap | |||
| 1. | heap (group) a collection of objects laid on top of each other | ||
| Synonyms | agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus, mound, pile | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | compost heap, compost pile, dunghill, funeral pyre, midden, muckheap, muckhill, pyre, scrapheap, shock, slagheap, stack, stockpile, woodpile | ||
| 2. | heap (quantity) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | 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 | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | deluge, flood, haymow, inundation, torrent | ||
| 3. | heap (artifact) a car that is old and unreliable | ||
| Samples | The fenders had fallen off that old bus. | ||
| Synonyms | bus, jalopy | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | auto, automobile, car, dysphemism, machine, motorcar | ||
English verb: heap | |||
| 1. | heap (possession) bestow in large quantities | ||
| Samples | He heaped him with work. She heaped scorn upon him. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody with something. Somebody ----s something on somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | give | ||
| 2. | heap (contact) arrange in stacks | ||
| Samples | Heap firewood around the fireplace. Stack your books up on the shelves. | ||
| Examples | They heap the books into the box | ||
| Synonyms | pile, stack | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | arrange, set up | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cord, rick | ||
| 3. | heap (change) fill to overflow | ||
| Samples | Heap the platter with potatoes. | ||
| Examples | They heap the cart with boxes | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fill, fill up, make full | ||
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