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Webster 1913 Edition

Heap

Heap

(hēp)
,
Noun.
[OE.
heep
,
heap
, heap, multitude, AS.
heáp
; akin to OS.
hōp
, D.
hoop
, OHG.
houf
,
hūfo
, G.
haufe
,
haufen
, Sw.
hop
, Dan.
hob
, Icel.
hōpr
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;
as, a
heap
of trouble
.
[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
.

Heap

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Heaped
(hēpt)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Heaping
.]
[AS.
heápian
.]
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
.
3.
To form or round into a heap, as in measuring; to fill (a measure) more than even full.

Webster 1828 Edition

Heap

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. Is.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.

Definition 2025

Heap

Heap

See also: Hieb and heap

German

Noun

Heap m ‎(genitive Heaps or Heapes, plural Heaps)

  1. (computing) heap

Declension

heap

heap

See also: Heap and Hieb

English

Noun

heap ‎(plural heaps)

  1. A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people.
    • Francis Bacon
      a heap of vassals and slaves
    • W. Black
      He had heaps of friends.
  2. A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation.
    a heap of earth or stones
    • Dryden
      Huge heaps of slain around the body rise.
    • 2012 May 9, Jonathan Wilson, “Europa League: Radamel Falcao's Atlético Madrid rout Athletic Bilbao”, in the Guardian:
      Every break seemed dangerous and Falcao clearly had the beating of Amorebieta. Others, being forced to stretch a foot behind them to control Arda Turan's 34th-minute cross, might simply have lashed a shot on the turn; Falcao, though, twisted back on to his left foot, leaving Amorebieta in a heap, and thumped in an inevitable finish – his 12th goal in 15 European matches this season.
  3. A great number or large quantity of things.
    • Bishop Burnet
      a vast heap, both of places of scripture and quotations
    • Robert Louis Stevenson
      I have noticed a heap of things in my life.
  4. (computing) A data structure consisting of trees in which each node is greater than all its children.
  5. (computing) Memory that is dynamically allocated.
    You should move these structures from the stack to the heap to avoid a potential stack overflow.
  6. (colloquial) A dilapidated place or vehicle.
    My first car was an old heap.

Synonyms

  • See also Wikisaurus:lot

Hyponyms

Derived terms

  • heap-allocated

Translations

Verb

heap ‎(third-person singular simple present heaps, present participle heaping, simple past and past participle heaped)

  1. (transitive) To pile in a heap.
    He heaped the laundry upon the bed and began folding.
  2. (transitive) To form or round into a heap, as in measuring.
    • 1819, John Keats, Otho the Great, Act I, scene II, verses 40-42
      Cry a reward, to him who shall first bring
      News of that vanished Arabian,
      A full-heap’d helmet of the purest gold.
  3. (transitive) To supply in great quantity.
    They heaped praise upon their newest hero.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *haupaz, whence also Old High German houf. Compare also Old Norse hópr.

Pronunciation

Noun

hēap m

  1. heap

Declension

Portuguese

Noun

heap m or f (in variation) (plural heaps)

  1. (computing) heap (tree-based data structure)

West Frisian

Noun

heap c

  1. heap, pile
  2. mass, gang, horde

Etymology

From heap.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: hēp, IPA(key): /hiːp/
  • Hyphenation: Heap

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