From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Heap \Heap\ (h[=e]p), n. [OE. heep, heap, heap, multitude, AS.
he['a]p; akin to OS. h[=o]p, D. hoop, OHG. houf, h[=u]fo, G.
haufe, haufen, Sw. hop, Dan. hob, Icel. h[=o]pr troop, flock,
Russ. kupa heap, crowd, Lith. kaupas. Cf. Hope, in Forlorn
hope.]
1. A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of persons.
[Now Low or Humorous]
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The wisdom of a heap of learned men. --Chaucer.
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A heap of vassals and slaves. --Bacon.
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He had heaps of friends. --W. Black.
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2. A great number or large quantity of things not placed in a
pile; as, a heap of trouble. [Now Low or Humorous]
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A vast heap, both of places of scripture and
quotations. --Bp. Burnet.
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I have noticed a heap of things in my life. --R. L.
Stevenson.
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3. A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or
thrown together so as to form an elevation; as, a heap of
earth or stones.
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Huge heaps of slain around the body rise. --Dryden.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Heap \Heap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Heaped (h[=e]pt); p. pr. &
vb. n. Heaping.] [AS. he['a]pian.]
1. To collect in great quantity; to amass; to lay up; to
accumulate; -- usually with up; as, to heap up treasures.
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Though he heap up silver as the dust. --Job. xxvii.
16.
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2. To throw or lay in a heap; to make a heap of; to pile; as,
to heap stones; -- often with up; as, to heap up earth; or
with on; as, to heap on wood or coal.
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3. To form or round into a heap, as in measuring; to fill (a
measure) more than even full.
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