heaps

/hiːps/

noun

  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    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
  3. 3

    A great number or large quantity of things.

  4. 4

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

  5. 5

    Memory that is dynamically allocated.

    You should move these structures from the stack to the heap to avoid a potential stack overflow.
  6. 6

    A dilapidated place or vehicle.

    My first car was an old heap.
  7. 7

    A lot, a large amount

    Thanks a heap!

verb

  1. 1

    To pile in a heap.

    He heaped the laundry upon the bed and began folding.
  2. 2

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

  3. 3

    To supply in great quantity.

    They heaped praise upon their newest hero.

adverb

  1. 1

    Very much, a lot

    I love him heaps.

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