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heap

/heːp/

noun

Meaning

  • A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people.

  • A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation.

    "a heap of earth or stones"

  • A great number or large quantity of things.

  • A data structure consisting of trees in which each node is greater than all its children.

  • Memory that is dynamically allocated.

    "You should move these structures from the stack to the heap to avoid a potential stack overflow."

  • A dilapidated place or vehicle.

    "My first car was an old heap."

  • A lot, a large amount

    "Thanks a heap!"

verb

Meaning

  • To pile in a heap.

    "He heaped the laundry upon the bed and began folding."

  • To form or round into a heap, as in measuring.

  • To supply in great quantity.

    "They heaped praise upon their newest hero."

Synonyms

amass,
heap up,
pile up

adverb

Meaning

  • (representing broken English stereotypically or comically attributed to Native Americans; may be offensive) Very.