heap

1. 1.

   bestow in large quantities

   “He heaped him with work”

   “She heaped scorn upon him”

   Broadergive
2. 2.

   arrange in stacks

   “heap firewood around the fireplace”

   “stack your books up on the shelves”

   Synonymsstackpile

   Broaderarrange

   Narrowerrickcord
3. 3.

   fill to overflow

   “heap the platter with potatoes”

   Broaderfill

Other forms of heap

plural

heaps·

past tense

heaped·

present participle

heaping·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about heap

What does heap mean?

heap means "a collection of objects laid on top of each other". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in heap?

heap has 1 syllable: heap. In IPA it is /ˈhip/.

What is another word for heap?

Close synonyms include pile, mound, agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is heap a common word?

heap is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.