nnoun.groupa collection of objects laid on top of each otherSynset:agglomerate cumulation cumulus mound pile
Derivationally Related Form:agglomeratecumulouscumulateheappile
Hypernyms:accumulation aggregation assemblage collection
Inherited Hypernyms:pilecollectiongroupabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:compost heapcompost piledunghillfuneral pyremiddenmuckheapmuckhillpyrescrapheapshockslagheapstackstockpilewoodpile
Full Hyponyms:compost heapdunghillhaycockhaystackpyrescrapheapshockslagheapstackstockpilewoodpile
nnoun.quantity(often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extentSynset:batch deal flock good deal great deal hatful lot mass mess mickle mint mountain muckle passel peck pile plenty pot quite a little raft sight slew spate stack tidy sum wad
Examples:- a batch of letters
- a deal of trouble
- a lot of money
- he made a mint on the stock market
- see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
- it must have cost plenty
- a slew of journalists
- a wad of money
Derivationally Related Form:plenteouswadheappile
Hypernyms:large indefinite amount large indefinite quantity
Inherited Hypernyms:batchlarge indefinite quantityindefinite quantitymeasureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:delugefloodhaymowinundationtorrent
Full Hyponyms:floodhaymow
nnoun.artifacta car that is old and unreliableSynset:bus jalopy
Examples:- the fenders had fallen off that old bus
Hypernyms:auto automobile car machine motorcar dysphemism
Inherited Hypernyms:buscarmotor vehicleself-propelled vehiclewheeled vehiclecontainerinstrumentalityartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:buscarmotor vehicleself-propelled vehiclewheeled vehiclevehicleconveyanceinstrumentalityartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:busdysphemismsayingspeechauditory communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
vverb.possessionbestow in large quantitiesExamples:- He heaped him with work
- She heaped scorn upon him
Derivationally Related Form:heap
Hypernyms:give
Inherited Hypernyms:heapgivetransfer
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody with something | Somebody ---s something on somebody
vverb.contactarrange in stacksSynset:pile stack
Examples:- heap firewood around the fireplace
- stack your books up on the shelves
Derivationally Related Form:stackheapstackerpile
Hypernyms:arrange set up
Inherited Hypernyms:stackarrangeputmove
Direct Hyponyms:cordrick
Full Troponyms:cordrick
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something PP | They --- the books into the box (apply to: heap) | They --- their rifles on the cabinet (apply to: stack, pile)
vverb.changefill to overflowExamples:- heap the platter with potatoes
Derivationally Related Form:heap
Hypernyms:fill fill up make full
Inherited Hypernyms:heapfillchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | They --- the cart with boxes (apply to: heap)