Standard Lemma guide

heap

adv · name · noun · verb · 19 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • hēp
  • /hiːp/
  • Ireland, dated: hāp
  • Ireland, dated: /heːp/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -iːp
  • CMU ARPABET: HH IY1 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

very or much; representing broken English stereotypically or comically attributed to Native Americans

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, offensive, possibly

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a heap of earth; a heap of stones

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A great number or large quantity of things.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

Memory that is dynamically allocated.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Examples

  • You should move these structures from the stack to the heap to avoid a potential stack overflow.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

A dilapidated place or vehicle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial

Examples

  • My first car was an old heap.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

A lot, a large amount.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial

Examples

  • Thanks a heap!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

Acronym of high explosive armor-piercing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of

Topics: government, military, politics, war

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

verb

Meaning 11

To pile in a heap.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • He heaped the laundry upon the bed and began folding.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

verb

Meaning 12

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

verb

Meaning 13

To supply in great quantity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • They heaped praise upon their newest hero.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

noun

Meaning 14

a car that is old and unreliable

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the fenders had fallen off that old bus

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bus, jalopy

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar, dysphemism

15

noun

Meaning 15

a collection of objects laid on top of each other

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pile, mound, agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage

Narrower terms: compost heap, compost pile, dunghill, midden, muckheap, muckhill, scrapheap, shock, slagheap, stack, pyre, funeral pyre, woodpile, stockpile

16

noun

Meaning 16

(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • 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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount

Narrower terms: flood, inundation, deluge, torrent, haymow

17

verb

Meaning 17

fill to overflow

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • heap the platter with potatoes

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fill, fill up, make full

18

verb

Meaning 18

arrange in stacks

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • heap firewood around the fireplace
  • stack your books up on the shelves

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stack, pile

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: arrange, set up

Narrower terms: rick, cord

19

verb

Meaning 19

bestow in large quantities

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He heaped him with work
  • She heaped scorn upon him

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: give

History

Etymology

From Middle English hepe, from Old English hēap, from Proto-West Germanic *haup, from Proto-Germanic *haupaz (compare Dutch hoop, German Low German Hupen, German Haufen), from Proto-Indo-European *koupos (“hill”) (compare Lithuanian kaũpas, Albanian qipi (“stack”), Avestan 𐬐𐬂𐬟𐬀 (kåfa)).

English surname, from the noun heap.

Across languages

Translations

219 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: тълпа (tǎlpa) — crowd
  • Danish: dynge — crowd
  • Dutch: mensenmassa — crowd
  • Finnish: joukko — crowd
  • Finnish: väkijoukko — crowd
  • Galician: multitude — crowd
  • Galician: moitedume — crowd
  • Galician: chea — crowd
  • Galician: corxa — crowd
  • German: Menschenmenge — crowd
  • German: Masse — crowd
  • Italian: folla — crowd
  • Italian: massa — crowd
  • Italian: moltitudine — crowd
  • Occitan: molon — crowd
  • Occitan: molonada — crowd
  • Occitan: multitud — crowd
  • Occitan: fola — crowd
  • Occitan: mond — crowd
  • Portuguese: multidão — crowd
  • Quechua: qisa — crowd
  • Uyghur: غۇژمەك (ghuzhmek) — crowd
  • Arabic: كومة (kōma) — pile
  • Armenian: կույտ (kuyt) — pile
  • Armenian: զանգված (zangvac) — pile
  • Azerbaijani: qalaq — pile
  • Azerbaijani: yığın — pile
  • Azerbaijani: topa — pile
  • Basque: pilo — pile
  • Belarusian: ку́ча (kúča) — pile
  • Belarusian: ку́па (kúpa) — pile
  • Bhojpuri: ढेर (ḍhēr) — pile
  • Bulgarian: куп (kup) — pile
  • Bulgarian: купчина (kupčina) — pile
  • Chechen: гӏама (ğama) — pile
  • Cherokee: ᎤᎪᏗᏗ (ugodidi) — pile
  • Chinese Mandarin: 堆 (duī) — pile
  • Danish: dynge — pile
  • Danish: stak — pile
  • Dutch: hoop — pile
  • Dutch: berg — pile
  • Esperanto: stako — pile
  • Finnish: kasa — pile
  • Finnish: läjä — pile
  • Finnish: keko — pile
  • French: tas — pile
  • French: pile — pile
  • French: monceau — pile
  • Galician: pía — pile
  • Galician: conxerie — pile
  • Galician: morea — pile
  • Galician: rebullón — pile
  • Galician: moutillón — pile
  • Galician: cómaro — pile
  • Galician: toutelo — pile
  • Galician: cemba — pile
  • Galician: cotarelo — pile
  • Galician: alarve — pile
  • Georgian: გროვა (grova) — pile
  • German: Haufen — pile
  • German: Haufe — pile
  • Greek: σωρός (sorós) — pile
  • Greek: στοίβα (stoíva) — pile
  • Ancient Greek: σωρός (sōrós) — pile
  • Ancient Greek: σώρευμα (sṓreuma) — pile
  • Ancient Greek: θίς (thís) — pile
  • Hindi: ढेर (ḍher) — pile
  • Hungarian: halom — pile
  • Ingrian: mytty — pile
  • Ingrian: koko — pile
  • Ingrian: ropja — pile
  • Ingrian: runni — pile
  • Irish: dumha — pile
  • Irish: carnán — pile
  • Italian: pila — pile
  • Italian: cumulo — pile
  • Italian: catasta — pile
  • Italian: mucchio — pile
  • Japanese: 重ね (kasane) — pile
  • Japanese: 塚 (tsuka) — pile
  • Japanese: 堆積 (taiseki) — pile
  • Japanese: 積み重ね (tsumikasane) — pile
  • Japanese: 山 (yama) — pile
  • Khmer: គំនរ (kumnɔɔ) — pile
  • Khmer: ពំនូក (pumnuuk) — pile
  • Khmer: រនះ (rɔneah) — pile
  • Korean: 더미 (deomi) — pile
  • Korean: 무더기 (mudeogi) — pile
  • Latgalian: guba — pile
  • Latgalian: gobona — pile
  • Latgalian: kryva — pile
  • Latgalian: skaudze — pile
  • Latgalian: grāda — pile
  • Latin: struēs — pile
  • Latin: acervus — pile
  • Latin: cumulus — pile
  • Latvian: kaudze — pile
  • Latvian: grēda — pile
  • Latvian: čupa — pile
  • Lithuanian: krūvà — pile
  • Lithuanian: kaũpas — pile
  • Macedonian: куп (kup) — pile
  • Māori: purawhetū — pile
  • Māori: taupū — pile
  • Māori: kōputu — pile
  • Eastern Mari: курык (kuryk) — pile
  • Occitan: molon — pile
  • Occitan: pièla — pile
  • Persian: کپه (koppe) — pile
  • Persian: توده (tude) — pile
  • Persian: کوت (kut) — pile
  • Polish: sterta — pile
  • Polish: kupa — pile
  • Portuguese: pilha — pile
  • Portuguese: monte — pile
  • Quechua: qutu — pile
  • Romanian: groapă — pile
  • Russian: ку́ча (kúča) — pile
  • Russian: гру́да (grúda) — pile
  • Russian: во́рох (vórox) — pile
  • Russian: ки́па (kípa) — pile
  • Sanskrit: निचय (nicaya) — pile
  • Sanskrit: राशि (rāśi) — pile
  • Spanish: pila — pile
  • Spanish: montón — pile
  • Spanish: cúmulo — pile
  • Turkish: öbek — pile
  • Ottoman Turkish: ییغین (yığın) — pile
  • Ottoman Turkish: كومه (küme) — pile
  • Ugaritic: 𐎖𐎎𐎕 (qmṣ) — pile
  • Ukrainian: ку́па (kúpa) — pile
  • Ukrainian: ку́ча (kúča) — pile
  • Uyghur: غارام (gharam) — pile
  • Uyghur: دۈۋە (düwe) — pile
  • Vietnamese: đống — pile
  • Vietnamese: gò — pile
  • Walloon: moncea — pile
  • Walloon: hopea — pile
  • Welsh: pentwr — pile
  • Bulgarian: маса (masa) — great number or large quantity of things
  • Dutch: berg — great number or large quantity of things
  • Dutch: massa — great number or large quantity of things
  • Dutch: massa — great number or large quantity of things
  • Finnish: joukko — great number or large quantity of things
  • Finnish: kasa — great number or large quantity of things
  • Finnish: läjä — great number or large quantity of things
  • French: tas — great number or large quantity of things
  • Galician: pía — great number or large quantity of things
  • Galician: parga — great number or large quantity of things
  • Galician: conxerie — great number or large quantity of things
  • Galician: acervo — great number or large quantity of things
  • Galician: morea — great number or large quantity of things
  • Galician: rebullón — great number or large quantity of things
  • Galician: monte — great number or large quantity of things
  • Italian: moltitudine — great number or large quantity of things
  • Italian: massa — great number or large quantity of things
  • Italian: marea — great number or large quantity of things
  • Occitan: molon — great number or large quantity of things
  • Portuguese: monte — great number or large quantity of things
  • Russian: ку́ча (kúča) — great number or large quantity of things
  • Catalan: pila — type of data structure
  • Chinese Mandarin: 堆 (duī) — type of data structure
  • Czech: halda — type of data structure
  • Finnish: keko — type of data structure
  • French: tas — type of data structure
  • French: pile — type of data structure
  • German: Heap — type of data structure
  • Greek: σωρός (sorós) — type of data structure
  • Japanese: ヒープ (hīpu) — type of data structure
  • Norwegian: heap — type of data structure
  • Occitan: molon — type of data structure
  • Polish: kopiec — type of data structure
  • Portuguese: heap — type of data structure
  • Russian: ку́ча (kúča) — type of data structure
  • Spanish: montículo — type of data structure
  • Swedish: heap — type of data structure
  • Turkish: öbek — type of data structure
  • Finnish: keko — memory that is dynamically allocated
  • Russian: ку́ча (kúča) — memory that is dynamically allocated
  • Bulgarian: таратайка (taratajka) — colloquial: dilapidated place or vehicle
  • Finnish: rämä — colloquial: dilapidated place or vehicle
  • Finnish: romu — colloquial: dilapidated place or vehicle
  • Finnish: romukasa — colloquial: dilapidated place or vehicle
  • Finnish: roska — colloquial: dilapidated place or vehicle
  • Portuguese: carripana — colloquial: dilapidated place or vehicle
  • Portuguese: calhambeque — colloquial: dilapidated place or vehicle
  • Portuguese: chaço — colloquial: dilapidated place or vehicle
  • Portuguese: chaço-velho — colloquial: dilapidated place or vehicle
  • Finnish: vuori — colloquial: large amount
  • Finnish: jätti- — colloquial: large amount
  • Bulgarian: натрупвам (natrupvam) — to pile in a heap
  • Finnish: kasata — to pile in a heap
  • Greek: στοιβάζω (stoivázo) — to pile in a heap
  • Ancient Greek: χόω (khóō) — to pile in a heap
  • Italian: ammucchiare — to pile in a heap
  • Italian: ammassare — to pile in a heap
  • Italian: accatastare — to pile in a heap
  • Māori: whakataipū — to pile in a heap
  • Māori: whakapīhangaiti — to pile in a heap
  • Māori: haipū — to pile in a heap
  • Māori: tarahono — to pile in a heap
  • Portuguese: empilhar — to pile in a heap
  • Portuguese: amontoar — to pile in a heap
  • Spanish: amontonar — to pile in a heap
  • Finnish: kasata — to form or round into a heap
  • Finnish: läjittää — to form or round into a heap
  • Greek: στοιβάζω (stoivázo) — to form or round into a heap
  • Italian: ricolmare — to form or round into a heap
  • Italian: ricoprire — to form or round into a heap
  • Portuguese: amontoar — to form or round into a heap
  • Spanish: amontonar — to form or round into a heap
  • Bulgarian: отрупвам (otrupvam) — to supply in great quantity
  • Hebrew: הִרְעִיף (hir'íf) — to supply in great quantity
  • Italian: colmare — to supply in great quantity
  • Italian: ricolmare — to supply in great quantity
  • Italian: coprire — to supply in great quantity
  • Italian: sommergere — to supply in great quantity
  • Italian: riempire — to supply in great quantity
  • Spanish: amontonar — to supply in great quantity