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Heap Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Heap? [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"; "it must have cost plenty" [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" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Heap: batch \| bus \| cumulus \| deal \| flock \| good deal \| great deal \| hatful \| jalopy \| lot \| mass \| mess \| mickle \| mint \| mound \| muckle \| peck \| pile \| pile \| pile \| plenty \| pot \| quite a little \| raft \| sight \| slew \| spate \| stack \| stack \| tidy sum \| wad \| whole lot \| whole slew Related Terms \| Find terms related to Heap: abundance \| accord \| accumulate \| accumulation \| administer \| afford \| agglomeration \| aggregate \| aggregation \| allot \| allow \| amass \| amassment \| amount \| anthill \| army \| assemble \| auto \| autocar \| automobile \| award \| backlog \| bag \| bank \| bank up \| barrel \| batch \| bestow \| bestow on \| boat \| bottle \| box \| budget \| buggy \| bunch \| burden \| bus \| can \| car \| charge \| choke \| chunk \| clump \| cluster \| clutch \| cock \| cohue \| collect \| collection \| commissariat \| commissary \| communicate \| confer \| congeries \| conglomeration \| considerable \| cord \| cornucopia \| count \| crate \| crowd \| crush \| cumulate \| cumulation \| deal \| deal out \| deluge \| deposit \| dish out \| dispense \| dog \| dole \| dole out \| donate \| dose \| drift \| dump \| dune \| embankment \| extend \| fill \| flock \| flood \| fork out \| freight \| galaxy \| garner \| garner up \| gather \| gather into barns \| gathering \| gift \| gift with \| give \| give cheerfully \| give freely \| give out \| glean \| gob \| gobs \| good deal \| grant \| great deal \| group \| hand out \| harvest \| haycock \| haymow \| hayrick \| haystack \| heap up \| heap upon \| heaps \| help to \| hide \| hill \| hoard \| hoard up \| hold \| horde \| host \| hunk \| impart \| inventory \| issue \| jalopy \| jam \| jillion \| keep \| lade \| larder \| large amount \| lashings \| lavish \| lavish upon \| lay up \| legion \| let have \| load \| loads \| lot \| lots \| lumber \| lump \| machine \| mass \| material \| materials \| materiel \| measure \| mess \| mete \| mete out \| million \| mint \| mob \| molehill \| motor \| motor vehicle \| motorcar \| motorized vehicle \| mound \| mountain \| mow \| much \| multitude \| munitions \| not hold back \| number \| offer \| oodles \| open the purse \| pack \| pack away \| panoply \| parcel \| part \| peck \| pile \| pile up \| piles \| plenitude \| plenty \| plethora \| pocket \| portion \| pot \| pots \| pour \| power \| present \| press \| proffer \| provide \| provisionment \| provisions \| put up \| pyramid \| quantities \| quantity \| quite a little \| rabble \| raft \| rafts \| rain \| ration \| rations \| reap \| render \| repertoire \| repertory \| rick \| rout \| ruck \| sack \| save \| save up \| scads \| scores \| sea \| secrete \| serve \| set aside \| shell out \| ship \| shock \| shower \| shower down upon \| sight \| slew \| slews \| slip \| small amount \| snow \| snowdrift \| spare no expense \| spare nothing \| spate \| squirrel \| squirrel away \| stack \| stack up \| stacks \| stash \| stock \| stock up \| stock-in-trade \| stockpile \| store \| store up \| stores \| stow \| sum \| superabundance \| supplies \| supply \| supply on hand \| tender \| thousand \| throng \| tidy sum \| tons \| treasure \| treasure up \| treasury \| trillion \| tub \| voiture \| vouchsafe \| wad \| wads \| wheels \| whole slew \| wreck \| yield See Also \| accumulation \| aggregation \| arrange \| assemblage \| auto \| automobile \| car \| collection \| compost heap \| compost pile \| cord \| deluge \| dunghill \| fill \| fill up \| flood \| funeral pyre \| give \| heap up \| inundation \| large indefinite amount \| large indefinite quantity \| machine \| make full \| midden \| motorcar \| muckheap \| muckhill \| pile up \| pyre \| rick \| scrapheap \| set up \| shock \| slagheap \| stack \| stack up \| stockpile \| torrent \| woodpile Heap In Webster's Dictionary \Heap\, n. [OE. heep, heap, heap, multitude, AS. he['a]p; akin to OS. h?p, D. hoop, OHG. houf, h?fo, G. haufe, haufen, Sw. hop, Dan. hob., Icel. h?pr troop, flock, Russ. kupa heap, crowd, Lith. kaupas. Cf. {Hope}, in Forlorn hope.] 1. A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of persons. [Now Low or Humorous] The wisdom of a heap of learned men. --Chaucer. A heap of vassals and slaves. --Bacon. He had heaps of friends. --W.Black. 2. A great number or large quantity of things not placed in a pile. [Now Low or Humorous] A vast heap, both of places of scripture and quotations. --Bp. Burnet. I have noticed a heap of things in my life. --R. L. Stevenson. 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. Huge heaps of slain around the body rise. --Dryden. \Heap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Heaped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Heaping}.] [AS. he['a]pian.] 1. To collect in great quantity; to amass; to lay up; to accumulate; -- usually with up; as, to heap up treasures. Though he heap up silver as the dust. --Job. xxvii. 16. 2. 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. 3. To form or round into a heap, as in measuring; to fill (a measure) more than even full. heap[i] <= heap[2i] and heap[i] <= heap[2i+1] for all i,

Heap Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Heap?

[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"; "it must have cost plenty"
[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"

Heap In Webster's Dictionary

\Heap\, n. [OE. heep, heap, heap, multitude, AS. he['a]p;
akin to OS. h?p, D. hoop, OHG. houf, h?fo, G. haufe, haufen,
Sw. hop, Dan. hob., Icel. h?pr troop, flock, Russ. kupa heap,
crowd, Lith. kaupas. Cf. {Hope}, in Forlorn hope.]
1. A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of persons.
   [Now Low or Humorous]

         The wisdom of a heap of learned men.  --Chaucer.

         A heap of vassals and slaves.         --Bacon.

         He had heaps of friends.              --W.Black.

2. A great number or large quantity of things not placed in a
   pile. [Now Low or Humorous]

         A vast heap, both of places of scripture and
         quotations.                           --Bp. Burnet.

         I have noticed a heap of things in my life. --R. L.
                                               Stevenson.

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.

         Huge heaps of slain around the body rise. --Dryden.


\Heap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Heaped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Heaping}.] [AS. he['a]pian.]
1. To collect in great quantity; to amass; to lay up; to
   accumulate; -- usually with up; as, to heap up treasures.

         Though he heap up silver as the dust. --Job. xxvii.
                                               16.

2. 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.



3. To form or round into a heap, as in measuring; to fill (a
   measure) more than even full.


heap[i] <= heap[2*i] and heap[i] <= heap[2*i+1] for all i,

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