Definition of: heap

(hēp) noun
1. A collection of things piled up; a pile; mass.
2. A large number; lot.
3. A crowd.
4. Slang An old, broken-down automobile.
—v.t.
1. To pile into a heap; make a mound or mass of.
2. To fill or pile (a container) full or more than full.
3. To strew with heaps: to heap a field with bodies.
4. To give or bestow in great quantities: to heap insults on someone.
5. To give or bestow great quantities upon: to heap someone with riches.
—v.i.
6. To form or rise in a heap or pile.
—adverb Very; very much: North American Indian term. [OE hēap a crowd] Synonyms (noun): accumulation, agglomeration, aggregate, aggregation, collection, drift, hoard, mass, pile, store. See COLLECTION, MASS.