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Heap

/heːp/

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

📖 Definitions of "Heap"

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.

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

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

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