Meaning of "heap" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HEAP

Old English héap; related to Old Frisian hāp, Old Saxon hōp, Old High German houf.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF HEAP

heap  [hiːp]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HEAP

Heap is a verb and can also act as a noun and an adverb.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb heap in English.

The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES HEAP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Heap

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Definition of heap in the English dictionary

The first definition of heap in the dictionary is a collection of articles or mass of material gathered together in one place. Other definition of heap is usually foll by of a large number or quantity. Heap is also a place or thing that is very old, untidy, unreliable, etc.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO HEAP

PRESENT

Present

I heap

you heap

he/she/it heaps

we heap

you heap

they heap

Present continuous

I am heaping

you are heaping

he/she/it is heaping

we are heaping

you are heaping

they are heaping

Present perfect

I have heaped

you have heaped

he/she/it has heaped

we have heaped

you have heaped

they have heaped

Present perfect continuous

I have been heaping

you have been heaping

he/she/it has been heaping

we have been heaping

you have been heaping

they have been heaping

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I heaped

you heaped

he/she/it heaped

we heaped

you heaped

they heaped

Past continuous

I was heaping

you were heaping

he/she/it was heaping

we were heaping

you were heaping

they were heaping

Past perfect

I had heaped

you had heaped

he/she/it had heaped

we had heaped

you had heaped

they had heaped

Past perfect continuous

I had been heaping

you had been heaping

he/she/it had been heaping

we had been heaping

you had been heaping

they had been heaping

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will heap

you will heap

he/she/it will heap

we will heap

you will heap

they will heap

Future continuous

I will be heaping

you will be heaping

he/she/it will be heaping

we will be heaping

you will be heaping

they will be heaping

Future perfect

I will have heaped

you will have heaped

he/she/it will have heaped

we will have heaped

you will have heaped

they will have heaped

Future perfect continuous

I will have been heaping

you will have been heaping

he/she/it will have been heaping

we will have been heaping

you will have been heaping

they will have been heaping

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would heap

you would heap

he/she/it would heap

we would heap

you would heap

they would heap

Conditional continuous

I would be heaping

you would be heaping

he/she/it would be heaping

we would be heaping

you would be heaping

they would be heaping

Conditional perfect

I would have heap

you would have heap

he/she/it would have heap

we would have heap

you would have heap

they would have heap

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been heaping

you would have been heaping

he/she/it would have been heaping

we would have been heaping

you would have been heaping

they would have been heaping

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you heap
we let´s heap
you heap

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to heap

Past participle

heaped

Present Participle

heaping

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «HEAP»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «heap» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of heap

abundance · accumulate · accumulation · aggregation · amass · bank · collect · collection · gather · hoard · lot · lots · mass · masses · mound · mountain · oodles · pile · plenty · quantities · rick · stack · stockpile · store · tons

TRANSLATION OF HEAP

Find out the translation of heap to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of heap from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «heap» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 堆
• Translator English - Spanish: montón
• English: heap
• Translator English - Hindi: ढेर
• Translator English - Arabic: كَوْمَة
• Translator English - Russian: куча
• Translator English - Portuguese: amontoado
• Translator English - Bengali: গাদা
• Translator English - French: tas
• Translator English - Malay: Timbunan
• Translator English - German: Haufen
• Translator English - Japanese: 積み重なったもの
• Translator English - Korean: 무더기
• Translator English - Javanese: Numpuk
• Translator English - Vietnamese: đống
• Translator English - Tamil: குவியல்
• Translator English - Marathi: ढीग
• Translator English - Turkish: yığın
• Translator English - Italian: mucchio
• Translator English - Polish: sterta
• Translator English - Ukrainian: купа
• Translator English - Romanian: grămadă
• Translator English - Greek: σωρός
• Translator English - Afrikaans: hoop
• Translator English - Swedish: hög
• Translator English - Norwegian: haug

10 QUOTES WITH «HEAP»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word heap.

1

Yasser Arafat

It's always convenient for certain people to heap accusations on Israel.

2

Jane Badler

My music touches on things I am concerned with in my own life - the idea of a woman's role in society, sexuality, desire, monogamy, fantasy and glamour. That's what keeps me alive, and if I couldn't keep creating that, I'd fall into a bit of heap.

3

Nolan Bushnell

'Grand Theft Auto', in its deification of antisocial behavior, is where I heap the most of my scorn.

4

Joseph Conrad

This magnificent butterfly finds a little heap of dirt and sits still on it; but man will never on his heap of mud keep still.

5

Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

What has always been at the heart of film making was the value of a script. It was really the writer who could make or break a film. But as we all know, the writer has always been at the bottom of the creative heap.

6

Kenneth Grahame

When it began to grow dark, the Rat, with an air of excitement and mystery, summoned them back into the parlour, stood each of them up alongside of his little heap, and proceeded to dress them up for the coming expedition.

7

Taylor Hanson

My wife is amazing. She had to know she was getting into a heap of trouble when we met.

8

Pope John XXIII

Here I am at the end of the road and at the top of the heap.

9

Iain McGilchrist

Perspective in art has receded along with harmony in music: We tend more and more to see the world as a heap of intrinsically meaningless fragments.

10

Richard Morris

It bothers me when I hear it in a car commercial or some such. But for the most part, it's better than seeing sacred music relegated to the scrap heap.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HEAP»

Discover the use of heap in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to heap and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Septimus Heap, Book One: Magyk

Now in paperback--the first book in an enthralling new series filled with quirky characters, clever charms, potions, and spells, to uncover the mystery a--who is Septimus Heap? Includes a Q&A with Sage and a sneek-peek at Book Two.

Angie Sage, 2006

Queste: Septimus Heap

Enter the world of Septimus Heap, Wizard Apprentice.

Angie Sage, 2012

Darke: Septimus Heap

But while this preoccupies him, other Darke things are afoot in the Castle.

Angie Sage, 2011

Physik: Septimus Heap Book 3 (Rejacketed)

And if Queen Etheldredda's plot involves Jenna and Septimus, then Dark adventure awaits . . . With heart-stopping action and Magykal wit, Angie Sage continues the fantastical journey of Septimus Heap.

Angie Sage, 2012

Syren: Septimus Heap Book 5 (Rejacketed)

Enter the world of Septimus Heap, Wizard Apprentice. Magyk is his destiny. In the fifth book of this Magykal series, Septimus and his friends find themselves on an island whose secrets are as dark and dangerous as its inhabitants.

Angie Sage, 2012

Flyte: Septimus Heap

Septimus must rescue his sister but does not, at first, realise the power of the forces at work behind her disappearance.

Angie Sage, 2012

Septimus Heap, Book One: Magyk

The Magyk Begins Here Septimus Heap, the seventh son of the seventh son, disappears the night he is born, pronounced dead by the midwife.

Angie Sage, 2006

Slumming: Sexual and Racial Encounters in American ...

That is the indelible public image of slumming, but as Chad Heap reveals in this fascinating history, the reality is that slumming was far more widespread—and important—than such nostalgia-tinged recollections would lead us to believe.

Chad Heap, 2008

Septimus Heap: The Magykal Papers

Enter the world of Septimus Heap with this collection of previously unpublished papers.

Angie Sage, 2009

Game Theory: A Critical Text

The second edition of this text incorporates recent advances in game theory into its clear introduction to the subject.

Shaun Hargreaves Heap, Yanis Varoufakis, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HEAP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term heap is used in the context of the following news items.

Fellow Buckeyes heap praise on Miller | FOX Sports

If any of the other players who met with the media in Columbus on Tuesday were put off by the attention Braxton Miller has garnered over the ... «FOXSports.com, Jul 15»

Boston's winter 'nightmare' over as snow heap finally melts | Reuters

Boston's winter 'nightmare' over as snow heap finally melts ... last vestige of Boston's record winter snowfall - a heap of filthy snow in a parking ... «Reuters, Jul 15»

Bannerman Resources' Etango heap leach plant aces uranium testing

Bannerman Resources' (ASX:BMN; TSX:BAN) highly awaited results from its large scale heap leach demonstration plant at its Etango Uranium ... «Proactive Investors Australia, Jul 15»

Fellow All-Stars heap praise upon Harper | Comcast SportsNet …

CINCINNATI — Inside a ballroom at the Cincinnati Weston on Monday sat the best players the game of baseball has to offer, dynamic young ... «Comcast SportsNet Washington, Jul 15»

Legal wrangling sends state's revenge porn law to scrap heap - The …

That agreement, once ratified by U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton, will end the case and confine the legislation to the scrap heap. But it is ... «Verde Independent, Jul 15»

MLS Power Rankings: Road win keeps SKKC atop heap

There was no movement in the top spots in Soccer America's MLS Power Rankings but Eastern teams Montreal, Philly and the Red Bulls ... «Soccer America, Jul 15»

WMN Letters: Alive and well and not on the scrap heap | Western …

In your report, Rural trains could provide solution to travel problems, the Kingsbridge branch railway is mentioned and that “the trains that used ... «Western Morning News, Jul 15»

Canada at top of Pan Am medal heap

Canada came flying out of the gates at the 2015 Pan American Games with eight medals on opening day. It turned out that Day 2 was twice as ... «Saskatoon StarPhoenix, Jul 15»

The Long Wait Ends: Wasps Go to Top of the Heap

The Woodstock Union High School girls lacrosse team celebrates its Vermont Division II state championship win over Stowe on June 15, 2015, ... «Valley News, Jul 15»

Scuttled ship finally heading to scrap heap - Winnipeg Free Press

Scuttled ship finally heading to scrap heap. MS Lord Selkirk to be dismantled, sent to rolling mills. By: Bill Redekop Posted: 07/11/2015 3:00 AM | Comments:. «Winnipeg Free Press, Jul 15»