Heap

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of persons.

II. Heap ·noun A great number or large quantity of things not placed in a pile.

III. Heap ·vt To form or round into a heap, as in measuring; to fill (a measure) more than even full.

IV. Heap ·noun 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.

V. Heap ·vt To collect in great quantity; to Amass; to lay up; to Accumulate;

— usually with up; as, to heap up treasures.

VI. Heap ·vt 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.

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