Complete Definition of "heap"

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English

Pronunciation
h�p, /hi�p/, /<tt>hi:p</tt>/
audio|en-us-heap.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes:English:-i�p|Rhymes: -i�p

Etymology
OE. h�ap

Noun
en-noun

  1. A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of persons.
  2. A great number or large quantity of things not placed in a pile.
  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.
  4. computing A data structure consisting of trees in which each node is greater than all its children.

Translations
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Albanian: grumbull
Basque: meta
Catalan: munt m, pila f
Croatian: hrpa f, gomila f
Czech: hromada f, kupa f
Dutch: hoop m
Esperanto: monteto
French: tas m
Frisian: heap
German: Haufen m, Haufe m
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Greek: �����
Hungarian: halom
Italian: mucchio m (1,2), cumulo m (3)
Polish: kupa f
Portuguese: monte m, pilha f
Slovak: kopa f
Slovenian: kup m
Spanish: montón m, pila m
Swedish: hop
Telugu: ��ప�ప (kuppa)
Malay: Melambak

Verb
en-verb|heap|ing

  1. (transitive) To pile in a heap.

#:He heaped the laundry upon the bed and began folding.

  1. (transitive) To supply in great quantity.

#:They heaped praise upon their newest hero.

Translations
Dutch: hopen


Frisian

Noun
heap

  1. heap

Category:Frisian nouns


Old English

Etymology
Common Germanic *haup-, whence also Old High German houf. Compare also Old Norse hópr

Noun
h�ap m

  1. heap

Category:Old English nouns

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