heap

heap
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. pile, load, stack, mound, assemblage;informal, great deal, heaps (inf.), oodles (inf.), piles (inf.), scads (sl.). See multitude.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
Syn. pile, accumulation, mass, agglomeration, stack, load, collection, aggregation, stock, store, hoard, mountain, mound, abundance, profusion, bulk, fullness, volume, plenty, lump, total, sum, whole, huddle, mow, barrow, cartload, swell, harvest, hillock, deposit, carload, cargo, cock, wagonload, block, pyre, packet, jumble, pyramid, hill, cluster, confused mass, drift, bale, clump, shock, batch, bundle, bunch, gathering, amassment, acervation, concentration, haul*, junk pile*, full house*, lots*; see also quantity .
Ant. handful, bit*, a few specks.
v.
1. [To place in a heap]
Syn. pile, add, swell, bunch, lump, stack, rank, order, cord, bank, fill up, arrange, pile high, dike, hill, barricade, fill to overflowing, throw together, rake together, batch together, bunch together, draw together, fill up, pile up, heap up, mass, barrow, ruck, gather, dump, concentrate, mound, coacervate, deposit, dredge, group, throw in a heap, cast in a heap, gather in a heap, shock; see also load 1 , pack 2 .
Ant. scatter*, flatten, level.
2. [To amass]
Syn. gather, pile up, lay up, store; see accumulate 1 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)
I
n.
pile, mound, stack, mass, bank, accumulation, clump, load, agglomeration, stockpile, jumble, bunch, abundance, *lots, plenty.
II
v.
pile, mound, stack, amass, bank, accumulate, clump, load, gather, group, cluster.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun 1. A group of things gathered haphazardly: agglomeration, bank1, cumulus, drift, hill, mass, mess, mound, mountain, pile, shock2, stack, tumble. See ORDER. 2. Informal. A great deal: abundance, mass, mountain, much, plenty, profusion, wealth, world. Informal: barrel, lot, pack, peck2, pile. Regional: power, sight. See BIG. 3. Informal. An indeterminately great amount or number. Often used in plural: jillion, million (often used in plural), multiplicity, ream, trillion. Informal: bushel, gob1 (often used in plural), load (often used in plural), lot, oodles, passel, peck2, scad (often used in plural), slew, wad, zillion. See BIG. II verb 1. To put into a disordered pile: bank1, drift, hill, lump1, mound, pile (up), stack. See ORDER. 2. To make or become full; put as much into as can be held: charge, fill, freight, load, pack, pile. See FULL. 3. To fill to overflowing: lade, load, pile. See FULL. 4. To give in great abundance: lavish, rain, shower. See BIG, GIVE.

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