heap

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 2 Old English 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 3 West Frisian 3.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: hēp, IPA: /hiːp/, SAMPA: /hi:p/
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  Rhymes: -iːp

[edit] Etymology

Old English hēap

[edit] Noun

heap (plural heaps)

1. A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of persons.
2. A great number or large quantity of things not placed in a pile.
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.
4. (computing) A data structure consisting of trees in which each node is greater than all its children.

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[edit] Verb

to heap (third-person singular simple present heaps, present participle heaping, simple past and past participle heaped)

1. (transitive) To pile in a heap.

   He heaped the laundry upon the bed and began folding.

2. (transitive) To supply in great quantity.

   They heaped praise upon their newest hero.

[edit] Translations

• Dutch: hopen nl(nl)
• Portuguese: amontoar, empilhar
• Spanish: amontonar es(es), apilar es(es), colmar es(es)

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

Proto-Germanic *haup-, whence also Old High German houf. Compare also Old Norse hópr

[edit] Noun

hēap m

1. heap

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[edit] West Frisian

[edit] Noun

heap c.

1. heap, pile