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heap
CIDE DICTIONARY
heap, n. [OE. heep, heap, heap, multitude, AS. heáp; akin to OS. h, D. hoop, OHG. houf, h, G. haufe, haufen, Sw. hop, Dan. hob, Icel. h troop, flock, Russ. kupa heap, crowd, Lith. kaupas. Cf. Hope, in Forlorn hope.].
- A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of persons. [1913 Webster]"The wisdom of a heap of learned men." [1913 Webster]"A heap of vassals and slaves." [1913 Webster]"He had heaps of friends." [1913 Webster]
- A great number or large quantity of things not placed in a pile; as, a heap of trouble. [1913 Webster]"A vast heap, both of places of scripture and quotations." [1913 Webster]"I have noticed a heap of things in my life." [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]"Huge heaps of slain around the body rise."
heap, v. t. [AS. heápian.].
- To collect in great quantity; to amass; to lay up; to accumulate; -- usually with up; as, to heap up treasures. [1913 Webster]"Though he heap up silver as the dust." [1913 Webster]
- 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 withon ; as, to heap on wood or coal. [1913 Webster] - To form or round into a heap, as in measuring; to fill (a measure) more than even full. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
heap, n. & v.
--n.
1 a collection of things lying haphazardly one on another.
2 (esp. in pl.) colloq. a large number or amount (there's heaps of time; is heaps better).
3 sl. an old or dilapidated thing, esp. a motor vehicle or building.
--v.
1 tr. & intr. (foll. by up, together, etc.) collect or be collected in a heap.
2 tr. (foll. by with) load copiously or to excess.
3 tr. (foll. by on, upon) accord or offer copiously to (heaped insults on them).
4 tr. (as heaped adj.) (of a spoonful etc.) with the contents piled above the brim.
--n.
1 a collection of things lying haphazardly one on another.
2 (esp. in pl.) colloq. a large number or amount (there's heaps of time; is heaps better).
3 sl. an old or dilapidated thing, esp. a motor vehicle or building.
--v.
1 tr. & intr. (foll. by up, together, etc.) collect or be collected in a heap.
2 tr. (foll. by with) load copiously or to excess.
3 tr. (foll. by on, upon) accord or offer copiously to (heaped insults on them).
4 tr. (as heaped adj.) (of a spoonful etc.) with the contents piled above the brim.
Idiom
heap coals of fire on a person's head cause a person remorse by returning good for evil.
Etymology
OE heap, heapian f. Gmc
THESAURUS
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, yieldROGET THESAURUS
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Store
N store, stock, fund, mine, vein, lode, quarry, spring, fount, fountain, well, wellspring, milch cow, stock in trade, supply, heap, treasure, reserve, corps de reserve, reserved fund, nest egg, savings, bonne bouche, crop, harvest, mow, vintage, store, accumulation, hoard, rick, stack, lumber, relay, storehouse, storeroom, storecloset, depository, depot, cache, repository, reservatory, repertory, repertorium, promptuary, warehouse, entrepot, magazine, buttery, larder, spence, garner, granary, cannery, safe-deposit vault, stillroom, thesaurus, bank, armory, arsenal, dock, gallery, museum, conservatory, menagery, menagerie, reservoir, cistern, aljibar, tank, pond, mill pond, gasometer, budget, quiver, bandolier, portfolio, coffer, conservation, storing, storage, keep, file (papers), lay in, preserve, Adj, stored, in store, in reserve, in ordinary, spare, supernumerary, adde parvum parvo magnus acervus erit.VB store, put by, lay by, set by, stow away, set apart, lay apart, store treasure, hoard treasure, lay up, heap up, put up, garner up, save up, bank, cache, accumulate, amass, hoard, fund, garner, save, reserve, keep back, hold back, husband, husband one's resources, deposit, stow, stack, load, harvest, heap, collect, lay in store Adj, keep, file (papers), lay in, preserve.
Redundancy
N redundancy, redundance, too much, too many, superabundance, superfluity, superfluence, saturation, nimiety, transcendency, exuberance, profuseness, profusion, repletion, enough in all conscience, satis superque, lion's share, more than enough, plethora, engorgement, congestion, load, surfeit, sickener, turgescence, overdose, overmeasure, oversupply, overflow, inundation, avalanche, accumulation, heap, drug, drug in the market, glut, crowd, burden, excess, surplus, overplus, epact, margin, remainder, duplicate, surplusage, expletive, work of supererogation, bonus, bonanza, luxury, intemperance, extravagance, exorbitance, lavishment, pleonasm, too many irons in the fire, embarras de richesses, redundant, too much, too many, exuberant, inordinate, superabundant, excessive, overmuch, replete, profuse, lavish, prodigal, exorbitant, overweening, extravagant, overcharged, supersaturated, drenched, overflowing, running over, running to waste, running down, crammed to overflowing, filled to overflowing, gorged, ready to burst, dropsical, turgid, plethoric, obese, superfluous, unnecessary, needless, supervacaneous, uncalled for, to spare, in excess, over and above, de trop, adscititious, supernumerary, on one's hands, spare, duplicate, supererogatory, expletive, un peu fort, over, too, over and above, overmuch, too much, too far, without measure, beyond measure, out of measure, with a to spare, over head and ears, up to one's eyes, up to one's ears, extra, beyond the mark, acervatim, it never rains but it pours, fortuna multis dat nimium nulli satis, Degree of Subservience.Greatness
N greatness, magnitude, size, multitude, immensity, enormity, infinity, might, strength, intensity, fullness, importance, great quantity, quantity, deal, power, sight, pot, volume, world, mass, heap, stock, peck, bushel, load, cargo, cartload, wagonload, shipload, flood, spring tide, abundance, principal part, chief part, main part, greater part, major part, best part, essential part, bulk, mass, great, greater, large, considerable, fair, above par, big, huge, Herculean, cyclopean, ample, abundant, full, intense, strong, sound, passing, heavy, plenary, deep, high, signal, at its height, in the zenith, world-wide, widespread, far-famed, extensive, wholesale, many, goodly, noble, precious, mighty, sad, grave, heavy, serious, far gone, arrant, downright, utter, uttermost, crass, gross, arch, profound, intense, consummate, rank, uninitiated, red-hot, desperate, glaring, flagrant, stark staring, thorough-paced, thoroughgoing, roaring, thumping, extraordinary, important, unsurpassed, complete, august, grand, dignified, sublime, majestic, vast, immense, enormous, extreme, inordinate, excessive, extravagant, exorbitant, outrageous, preposterous, unconscionable, swinging, monstrous, overgrown, towering, stupendous, prodigious, astonishing, incredible, marvelous, unlimited, unapproachable, unutterable, indescribable, ineffable, unspeakable, inexpressible, beyond expression, fabulous, undiminished, unabated, unreduced, unrestricted, absolute, positive, stark, decided, unequivocal, essential, perfect, finished, remarkable, of mark, marked, pointed, veriest, noteworthy, renowned, truly, decidedly, unequivocally, purely, absolutely, seriously, essentially, fundamentally, radically, downright, in all conscience, for the most part, in the main, entirely, abundantly, widely, far and wide, greatly, much, muckle, well, indeed, very, very much, a deal, no end of, most, not a little, pretty, pretty well, enough, in a great measure, richly, to a large extent, to a great extent, to a gigantic extent, on a large scale, so, never so, ever so, ever so dole, scrap, shred, tag, splinter, rag, much, by wholesale, mighty, powerfully, with a witness, ultra, in the extreme, extremely, exceedingly, intensely, exquisitely, acutely, indefinitely, immeasurably, beyond compare, beyond comparison, beyond measure, beyond all bounds, incalculably, infinitely, preeminently, superlatively, immoderately, monstrously, preposterously, inordinately, exorbitantly, excessively, enormously, out of all proportion, with a vengeance, particularly, remarkably, singularly, curiously, uncommonly, unusually, peculiarly, notably, signally, strikingly, pointedly, mainly, chiefly, famously, egregiously, prominently, glaringly, emphatically, kat exochin, strangely, wonderfully, amazingly, surprisingly, astonishingly, incredibly, marvelously, awfully, stupendously, peculiarly, furiously, severely, desperately, tremendously, extravagantly, confoundedly, deucedly, devilishly, with a vengeance, a outrance, a toute outrance, painfully, sadly, grossly, sorely, bitterly, piteously, grievously, miserably, cruelly, woefully, lamentably, shockingly, frightfully, dreadfully, fearfully, terribly, horribly, a maximis ad minima, greatness knows itself, mightiest powers by deepest calms are fed, minimum decet libere cui multum licet, some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.Assemblage
N assemblage, collection, collocation, colligation, compilation, levy, gathering, ingathering, muster, attroupement, team, concourse, conflux, congregation, contesseration, convergence, meeting, levee, reunion, drawing room, at home, conversazione, assembly, congress, convention, conventicle, gemote, conclave, posse, posse comitatus, Noah's ark, miscellany, collectanea, museum, menagerie, museology, crowd, throng, group, flood, rush, deluge, rabble, mob, press, crush, cohue, horde, body, tribe, crew, gang, knot, squad, band, party, swarm, shoal, school, covey, flock, herd, drove, atajo, bunch, drive, force, mulada, remuda, roundup, array, bevy, galaxy, corps, company, troop, troupe, task force, army, regiment, host, populousness, clan, brotherhood, fraternity, sorority, association, volley, shower, storm, cloud, group, cluster, Pleiades, clump, pencil, set, batch, lot, pack, budget, assortment, bunch, parcel, packet, package, bundle, fascine, fasces, bale, seron, seroon, fagot, wisp, truss, tuft, shock, rick, fardel, stack, sheaf, haycock, fascicle, fascicule, fasciculus, gavel, hattock, stook, accumulation, congeries, heap, lump, pile, rouleau, tissue, mass, pyramid, bing, drift, snowball, snowdrift, acervation, cumulation, glomeration, agglomeration, conglobation, conglomeration, conglomerate, coacervate, coacervation, coagmentation, aggregation, concentration, congestion, omnium gaterum, spicilegium, black hole of Calcutta, quantity, collector, gatherer, whip, whipper in, assembled, closely packed, dense, serried, crowded to suffocation, teeming, swarming, populous, as thick as hops, all of a heap, fasciculated cumulative, the plot thickens, acervatim, tibi seris tibi metis.VB assemble, collect, muster, meet, unite, join, rejoin, cluster, flock, swarm, surge, stream, herd, crowd, throng, associate, congregate, conglomerate, concentrate, precipitate, center round, rendezvous, resort, come together, flock get together, pig together, forgather, huddle, reassemble, assemble, muster, bring together, get together, put together, draw together, scrape together, lump together, collect, collocate, colligate, get, whip in, gather, hold a meeting, convene, convoke, convocate, rake up, dredge, heap, mass, pile, pack, put up, truss, cram, acervate, agglomerate, aggregate, compile, group, aggroup, concentrate, unite, collect into a focus, bring into a focus, amass, accumulate, collect in a dragnet, heap Ossa upon Pelion.
Size
N size, magnitude, dimension, bulk, volume, largeness, greatness, expanse, amplitude, mass, proportions, capacity, tonnage, tunnage, cordage, caliber, scantling, turgidity, corpulence, obesity, plumpness, embonpoint, corporation, flesh and blood, lustihood, hugeness, enormity, immensity, monstrosity, giant, Brobdingnagian, Antaeus, Goliath, Gog and Magog, Gargantua, monster, mammoth, Cyclops, cachalot, whale, porpoise, behemoth, leviathan, elephant, hippopotamus, colossus, tun, cord, lump, bulk, block, loaf, mass, swad, clod, nugget, bushel, thumper, whooper, spanker, strapper, Triton among the minnows, mountain, mound, heap, largest portion, full size, life size, large, big, great, considerable, bulky, voluminous, ample, massive, massy, capacious, comprehensive, spacious, mighty, towering, fine, magnificent, corpulent, stout, fat, obese, plump, squab, full, lusty, strapping, bouncing, portly, burly, well-fed, full-grown, corn fed, gram fed, stalwart, brawny, fleshy, goodly, in good case, in good condition, in condition, chopping, jolly, chub faced, chubby faced, lubberly, hulky, unwieldy, lumpish, gaunt, spanking, whacking, whopping, walloping, thumping, thundering, hulking, overgrown, puffy, huge, immense, enormous, mighty, vast, vasty, amplitudinous, stupendous, monster, monstrous, humongous, monumental, elephantine, jumbo, mammoth, gigantic, gigantean, giant, giant like, titanic, prodigious, colossal, Cyclopean, Brobdingnagian, Bunyanesque, Herculean, Gargantuan, infinite, large as life, plump as a dumpling, plump as a partridge, fat as a pig, fat as a quail, fat as butter, fat as brawn, fat as bacon, immeasurable, unfathomable, unplumbed, inconceivable, unimaginable, unheard-of, of cosmic proportions, of epic proportions, the mother of all, teh granddaddy of all.Also see definition of "heap" in Bible Study Dictionaries
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