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1. heap
noun. ['ˈhiːp'] a collection of objects laid on top of each other.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- heep (Middle English (1100-1500))
- heap (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
Rhymes with Heap
- oversleep
- mcsleep
- anandeep
- streep
- phillipe
- felipe
- bopeep
- asleep
- sweep
- steep
- sleep
- schliep
- griep
- creep
- bleep
- weep
- veep
- tepe
- sheep
- sepe
- seipp
- seip
- seep
- riepe
- reep
- reap
- peep
- lepe
- leep
- leap
Sentences with heap
1. Noun, singular or mass
That beautiful white and yellow flower you saw on the rubbish heap was not an apparition.
2. Adjective
Placement under deciduous trees is ideal, because the sun will warm the heap early in spring.
3. Verb, base form
Add new materials to your compost heap whenever you have them.
Quotes about heap
1. You are not special. You're not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You're the same decaying organic matter as everything else. We're all part of the same compost heap. We're all singing, all dancing crap of the world.
- Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club
2. She leaned forward and caught at his hand, pressing it between her own. The touch was like white fire through his veins. He could not feel her skin only the cloth of her gloves, and yet it did not matter. You kindled me, heap of ashes that I am, into fire. He had wondered once why love was always phrased in terms of burning. The conflagration in his own veins, now, gave the answer.
- Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Princess
3. And yet I have had the weakness, and have still the weakness, to wish you to know with what a sudden mastery you kindled me, heap of ashes that I am, into fire.
- Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
2. heap
noun. ['ˈhiːp'] (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- heep (Middle English (1100-1500))
- heap (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
3. heap
verb. ['ˈhiːp'] arrange in stacks.
Etymology
- heep (Middle English (1100-1500))
- heap (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
4. heap
verb. ['ˈhiːp'] bestow in large quantities.
Antonyms
Etymology
- heep (Middle English (1100-1500))
- heap (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
5. heap
verb. ['ˈhiːp'] fill to overflow.
Antonyms
Etymology
- heep (Middle English (1100-1500))
- heap (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
6. heap
noun. ['ˈhiːp'] a car that is old and unreliable.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- heep (Middle English (1100-1500))
- heap (Old English (ca. 450-1100))