heap

heap has 12 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 4.

Definitions

• n.. A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of persons.
• n.. A great number or large quantity of things not placed in a pile.
• n.. 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.
• v. t.. To collect in great quantity; to amass; to lay up; to accumulate; -- usually with up; as, to heap up treasures.
• v. t.. 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.
• v. t.. To form or round into a heap, as in measuring; to fill (a measure) more than even full.
• n.. a car that is old and unreliable; "the fenders had fallen off that old bus"
• n.. a collection of objects laid on top of each other
• n.. (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"
• v.. fill to overflow; "heap the platter with potatoes"
• v.. arrange in stacks; "heap firewood around the fireplace"; "stack your books up on the shelves"
• v.. bestow in large quantities; "He heaped him with work"; "She heaped scorn upon him"