heaping (verb)

  • 1heap up — verb arrange into piles or stacks She piled up her books in my living room • Syn: ↑pile up, ↑stack up • Hypernyms: ↑gather, ↑garner, ↑collect, ↑pull together …

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  • 2heap — [[t]hi͟ːp[/t]] heaps, heaping, heaped 1) N COUNT: oft N of n A heap of things is a pile of them, especially a pile arranged in a rather untidy way. ...a heap of bricks. ...a compost heap... He has dug up the tiles that cover the floor and left… …

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  • 3praises — praise [praise praises praised praising] noun, verb …

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  • 4praise — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, effusive, extravagant, fulsome, glowing, great, high, lavish, special, unstinting …

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  • 5ac|cu|mu|late — «uh KYOO myuh layt», verb, lat|ed, lat|ing. –v.t. to collect little by little; amass; heap up by degrees: »He accumulated a fortune by hard work. –v.i. to grow into a heap by degrees; pile up; gather: » …

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  • 6helping — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, generous, heaping (AmE), huge, large ▪ a generous helping of potatoes ▪ small ▪ …

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  • 7heap — I UK [hiːp] / US [hɪp] noun [countable] Word forms heap : singular heap plural heaps * 1) a large pile of something, especially an untidy pile a rubbish heap heap of: The bomb had reduced the building to a heap of rubble. be in a heap: His… …

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  • 8heap up — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms heap up : present tense I/you/we/they heap up he/she/it heaps up present participle heaping up past tense heaped up past participle heaped up same as heap II, 1) Books were heaped up in the corner of the room …

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