Heap — Defs

01 n. A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of persons.

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.
“Huge heaps of slain around the body rise.” — Dryden.

02 v. t. To collect in great quantity; to amass; to lay up; to accumulate; -- usually with up; as, to heap up treasures.

imp. & p. p. Heaped; p. pr. & vb. n. Heaping

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.