A collection of things lying one upon another so as to form an elevated mass often roughly conical in form. (A heap of things placed regularly…
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释义 | the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > mass formed by collection of particles > an accumulation > heap or pile (41) heapc725 A collection of things lying one upon another so as to form an elevated mass often roughly conical in form. (A heap of things placed regularly… cockeOE A mature male of the domestic chicken. Cf. cockerel, n. 1a. hill1297 A heap or mound of earth, sand, or other material, raised or formed by human or other agency. Cf. also anthill, n., dunghill, n., molehill, n., etc. tassc1330 A heap, pile, stack. glub1382 A mass or heap. rare. mow?1424 More generally: a heap or pile of anything; a heap of earth, a mound, a hillock; (Scottish) a stack of peats. Obsolete. rare. bulkc1440 A heap; spec. the pile in which fish are laid for salting; a pile of tobacco made up to undergo sweating. U.S. pile1440 A heap or stack of things (of considerable height) laid or lying on one another. Also figurative. pie1526 A collection of things made into a heap; (Agriculture) a quantity of potatoes, or other produce formed into a heap, or placed in a shallow pit, and… bing1528 A heap or pile: formerly of stones, earth, trees, dead bodies, as well as of corn, potatoes, and the like, as still in northern dialects. borwen1570 A mound, heap. ruck1601 A heap or pile of anything. Frequently in in (also of) a ruck: in an untidy heap or tangle. Chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern) in… rick1608 More generally: a heap or pile of something. wreck1612 A drifted or tossed-up mass; a large heap; a great quantity; an abundance. Now northern dialect. congest1625 A collected mass, a collection; a concretion. castle1636 A model or similitude of a castle, made in any material; a castle-like pile of anything. (Applied by boys to four cherry-stones placed like a… coacervation1650 concrete. A mass heaped together. rare or Obsolete. congestion1664 concrete. A heap, pile. Obsolete. cop1666 ? A heap, mound, tumulus: cf. cop, v.1 1, coop, n.3 cumble1694 Heap, accumulation. rare. bin1695 By confusion of spelling = bing, n.1 toss1695 A heap, stack; = tass, n.1 thurrock1708 dialect. A heap, spec. of muck or dirt. rucklea1725 A loosely constructed heap or pile of something; esp. a bundle of sheaves, a stack of peat or turf set up to dry, or a pile of large stones. Cf. r… burrow1784 A heap or mound; in earlier use a hillock; now, esp. a heap of refuse made in mining or beat-burning. See beat-borough n. at beat, n.3 compounds. mound1788 In extended use: any heap or pile (of something). Also (without reference to physical size and shape): a large quantity, a good deal of something. wad1805 A heap; also, a swath. dialect. stook1865 Used for: A pile, mass. boorach1868 More generally: a heap or pile of anything; (hence also) a large quantity or amount of anything. barrow1869 dialect. A mound or heap. sorites1871 A heap, pile. tump1892 A heap of anything; a hay-cock or rick; a heap of stones. local. fid1926 A heap; plural ‘heaps’, ‘crowds’. Also as an exclamation = Great! clamp- Farming. a heap of farm or garden rubbish for burning, etc. Subcategories:— small (3) — loosely built (1) — pyramidal (2) — of wood or stones (1) |
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