heap
To pile in a heapTo pile in a heap.
» She heaped her plate with salad.
Meaning
3 senses(transitive)To pile in a heap.
He heaped the laundry upon the bed and began folding.
(transitive)To form or round into a heap, as in measuring.
(transitive)To supply in great quantity.
They heaped praise upon their newest hero.
- fill to overflow
- bestow in large quantities
- arrange in stacks
Examples
43 sentencesShe heaped her plate with salad.
I have heaps of work to do.
The unemployed always wind up at the bottom of the heap.
Get rid of that heap of old newspapers.
ruВыброси эту кучу старых газет. — wondersz1
I have heaps of money.
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
From Middle English hepe, from Old English hēap, from Proto-West Germanic *haup, from ProtFrom Middle English hepe, from Old English hēap, from Proto-West Germanic *haup, from Proto-Germanic *haupaz (compare Dutch hoop, German Low German Hupen, German Haufen), from Proto-Indo-European *koupos (“hill”) (compare Lithuanian kaũpas, Albanian qipi (“stack”), Avestan 𐬐𐬂𐬟𐬀 (kåfa)).
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Forms
heaps, heaping, heaped, heapedPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
5 synonymsWord family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle