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Meaning of heap

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

heap

Pronunciation:/heːp//hiːp/

noun

Definitions

  1. A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people.

  2. A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation.

    Example: a heap of earth or stones

  3. A great number or large quantity of things.

  4. A data structure consisting of trees in which each node is greater than all its children.

verb

Definitions

  1. To pile in a heap.

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

  2. To form or round into a heap, as in measuring.

  3. To supply in great quantity.

    Example: They heaped praise upon their newest hero.

adverb

Definitions

  1. (representing broken English stereotypically or comically attributed to Native Americans; may be offensive) Very.