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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Heap \Heap\ (h[=e]p), n. [OE. heep, heap, heap, multitude, AS. he['a]p; akin to OS. h[=o]p, D. hoop, OHG. houf, h[=u]fo, G. haufe, haufen, Sw. hop, Dan. hob, Icel. h[=o]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] [1913 Webster] The wisdom of a heap of learned men. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] A heap of vassals and slaves. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] He had heaps of friends. --W. Black. [1913 Webster] 2. A great number or large quantity of things not placed in a pile; as, a heap of trouble. [Now Low or Humorous] [1913 Webster] A vast heap, both of places of scripture and quotations. --Bp. Burnet. [1913 Webster] I have noticed a heap of things in my life. --R. L. Stevenson. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Huge heaps of slain around the body rise. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Heap \Heap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Heaped} (h[=e]pt); 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. [1913 Webster] Though he heap up silver as the dust. --Job. xxvii. 16. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. To form or round into a heap, as in measuring; to fill (a measure) more than even full. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: heap 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"