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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HEAP, n.
1. A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body so as to form an elevation; as a heap of earth or stones.
Huge heaps of slain around the body rise.
2. A crowd; a throng; a cluster; applied to living persons.
[Inelegant and not in use.]
3. A mass of ruins.
Thou hast made of a city a heap. Isaiah 25.
HEAP, v.t.
1. To throw or lay in a heap; to pile; as, to heap stones; often with up; as, to heap up earth; or with on; as, to heap on wood or coal.
2. To amass; to accumulate; to lay up; to collect in great quantity; with up; as, to heap up treasures.
Though the wicked heap up silver as the dust--Job 27.
3. To add something else, in large quantities.
4. To pile; to add till the mass takes a roundish form, or till it rises above the measure;as, to heap any thing in measuring.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a collection of objects laid on top of each other [syn: pile, heap, mound, agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus]
2: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "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, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad]
3: a car that is old and unreliable; "the fenders had fallen off that old bus" [syn: bus, jalopy, heap] v
1: bestow in large quantities; "He heaped him with work"; "She heaped scorn upon him"
2: arrange in stacks; "heap firewood around the fireplace"; "stack your books up on the shelves" [syn: stack, pile, heap]
3: fill to overflow; "heap the platter with potatoes"

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English heep, from Old English h?ap; akin to Old High German houf heap Date: before 12th century 1. a collection of things thrown one on another ; pile 2. a great number or large quantity ; lot II. transitive verb Date: before 12th century 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>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a collection of things lying haphazardly one on another. 2 (esp. in pl.) colloq. a large number or amount (there's heaps of time; is heaps better). 3 sl. an old or dilapidated thing, esp. a motor vehicle or building. --v. 1 tr. & intr. (foll. by up, together, etc.) collect or be collected in a heap. 2 tr. (foll. by with) load copiously or to excess. 3 tr. (foll. by on, upon) accord or offer copiously to (heaped insults on them). 4 tr. (as heaped adj.) (of a spoonful etc.) with the contents piled above the brim. Phrases and idioms: heap coals of fire on a person's head cause a person remorse by returning good for evil. Etymology: OE heap, heapian f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Heap Heap, n. [OE. heep, heap, heap, multitude, AS. he['a]p; akin to OS. h?p, D. hoop, OHG. houf, h?fo, G. haufe, haufen, Sw. hop, Dan. hob., Icel. h?pr troop, flock, Russ. kupa heap, crowd, Lith. kaupas. Cf. Hope, in Forlorn hope.] 1. A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of persons. [Now Low or Humorous] The wisdom of a heap of learned men. --Chaucer. A heap of vassals and slaves. --Bacon. He had heaps of friends. --W.Black. 2. A great number or large quantity of things not placed in a pile. [Now Low or Humorous] A vast heap, both of places of scripture and quotations. --Bp. Burnet. I have noticed a heap of things in my life. --R. L. Stevenson. 3. A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation; as, a heap of earth or stones. Huge heaps of slain around the body rise. --Dryden.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Heap Heap, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Heaped; p. pr. & vb. n. Heaping.] [AS. he['a]pian.] 1. To collect in great quantity; to amass; to lay up; to accumulate; -- usually with up; as, to heap up treasures. Though he heap up silver as the dust. --Job. xxvii. 16. 2. To throw or lay in a heap; to make a heap of; to pile; as, to heap stones; -- often with up; as, to heap up earth; or with on; as, to heap on wood or coal.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(heaps, heaping, heaped) 1. A heap of things is a pile of them, especially a pile arranged in a rather untidy way. ...a heap of bricks... He has dug up the tiles that cover the floor and left them in a heap. N-COUNT: oft N of n 2. If you heap things somewhere, you arrange them in a large pile. Mrs. Madrigal heaped more carrots onto Michael's plate. VERB: V n prep/adv • Heap up means the same as heap. Off to one side, the militia was heaping up wood for a bonfire. PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), also V n P 3. If you heap praise or criticism on someone or something, you give them a lot of praise or criticism. The head of the navy heaped scorn on both the methods and motives of the conspirators. VERB: V n on/upon n 4. Heaps of something or a heap of something is a large quantity of it. (INFORMAL) You have heaps of time... I got in a heap of trouble. = load QUANT: QUANT of n-uncount/pl-n 5. Someone who is at the bottom of the heap or at the top of the heap is low down or high up in society or an organization. Ordinary workers in state industry, once favoured, suddenly found themselves at the bottom of the heap. PHRASE: usu v-link PHR, PHR after v 6. If someone collapses in a heap, they fall heavily and untidily and do not move. The young footballer collapsed in a heap after a heavy tackle. PHRASE: v PHR, v-link PHR

Easton's Bible Dictionary

When Joshua took the city of Ai (Josh. 8), he burned it and "made it an heap [Heb. tel] for ever" (8:28). The ruins of this city were for a long time sought for in vain. It has been at length, however, identified with the mound which simply bears the name of "Tel." "There are many Tels in modern Palestine, that land of Tels, each Tel with some other name attached to it to mark the former site. But the site of Ai has no other name 'unto this day.' It is simply et-Tel, 'the heap' par excellence."

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

hep (`aremah, gal, nedh, tel): "Heap" appears

(1) in the simple sense of a gathering or pile, as the translation of `aremah, a "heap," in Ru 3:7 of grain; Ne 4:2 of stones; in 2Ch 31:6, etc., of the tithes, etc.; of chomer (boiling up), a "heap"; in Ex 8:14 of frogs; of gal, a "heap"; in Job 8:17 of stones.

(2) As indicating "ruin," "waste," gal (2Ki 19:25; Job 15:28; Isa 25:2; 37:26; Jer 9:11; 51:37); me`i (Isa 17:1); `i (Ps 79:1; Jer 26:18; Mic 1:6; 3:12); tel, "mound," "hillock," "heap" (De 13:16; Jos 8:28; Jer 30:18 the King James Version; Jer 49:2).

(3) Of waters, nedh, "heap," "pile" (Ex 15:8; Jos 3:13,16; Ps 33:7; 78:13); chomer (Hab 3:15, "the heap of mighty waters," the Revised Version margin "surge").

(4) A cairn, or heap of stones (a) over the dead body of a dishonored person, gal (Jos 7:26; 8:29; 2Sa 18:17); (b) as a witness or boundary-heap (Ge 31:46 f, Gal`edh (Galeed) in Hebrew, also mitspah, "watch tower," Yeghar-Sahadhutha' (Jegar-sahadutha) in Aramaic, both words meaning "the heap of witness"; see Ge 31:47,49 the Revised Version (British and American)).

(5) As a way mark, tamrurim, from tamar, "to stand erect" (Jer 31:21 the King James Version, "Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps," the Revised Version (British and American) "guide-posts," a more likely translation).

"To heap" represents various single words: chathah, "to take," "to take hold of," with one exception, applied to fire or burning coals (Pr 25:22, "Thou writ heap coals of fire upon his head," "Thou wilt take coals of fire (and heap them) on his head"); caphah, "to add" (De 32:23); tsabhar, "to heap up" (Hab 1:10); kabhats, "to press together" (with the fingers or hand) (Hab 2:5); rabhah, "to multiply" (Eze 24:10); episoreuo, "to heap up upon" (2Ti 4:3, they "will heap to themselves teachers after their own lusts"); soreuo, "to heap up" (Ro 12:20, "Thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head"); thesaurizo, "to lay up" (as treasure) (Jas 5:3 the King James Version, "Ye have heaped treasure together," the Revised Version (British and American) "laid up"); tsabhar, "to heap up," "to heap" or "store up" (Job 27:16, "silver"; Ps 39:6, "riches"; Zec 9:3, "silver,"); sum, sim "to place," "set," "put" (Job 36:13 the King James Version, "The hypocrites in heart heap up wrath," the Revised Version (British and American) "They that are godless in heart lay up anger"). In Jud 15:16 we have chamor, chamorothayim, "with the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps," the Revised Version margin "heap, two heaps"; one of Samson's sayings; chamor means "an ass," chomer "a heap."

For "heap up words" (Job 16:4), the Revised Version (British and American) has "join together"; for "shall be a heap" (Isa 17:11), "fleeth away," margin "shall be a heap"; "heap" for "number" (Na 3:3); the English Revised Version "heap of stones" for "sling," margin as the King James Version and the American Standard Revised Version (Pr 26:8); "in one heap" for "upon a heap" (Jos 3:16); "he heapeth up (dust)" for "they shall heap" (Hab 1:10).

W. L. Walker

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. 1. Pile, mass, collection, accumulation. 2. Great quantity, large amount, lot, abundance. II. v. a. 1. Pile, lay in a heap, throw into a heap. 2. Amass, accumulate, heap up.

Moby Thesaurus

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