Associations to the word «Heaps»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
HEAP, noun. A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people.
HEAP, noun. A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation.
HEAP, noun. A great number or large quantity of things.
HEAP, noun. (computing) A data structure consisting of trees in which each node is greater than all its children.
HEAP, noun. (computing) Memory that is dynamically allocated.
HEAP, noun. A dilapidated place or vehicle.
HEAP, verb. (transitive) To pile in a heap.
HEAP, verb. (transitive) To form or round into a heap, as in measuring.
HEAP, verb. (transitive) To supply in great quantity.
HEAP INSULT ON INJURY, verb. Alternative form of add insult to injury
HEAP UP, verb. To increase over a period of time; to accumulate
Dictionary definition
HEAP, noun. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
HEAP, noun. (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".
HEAP, noun. A car that is old and unreliable; "the fenders had fallen off that old bus".
HEAP, verb. Bestow in large quantities; "He heaped him with work"; "She heaped scorn upon him".
HEAP, verb. Arrange in stacks; "heap firewood around the fireplace"; "stack your books up on the shelves".
HEAP, verb. Fill to overflow; "heap the platter with potatoes".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.