heaps
/hiːps/
Dictionary
noun
- A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people.
- A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation.
"a heap of earth or stones"
- A great number or large quantity of things.
- A data structure consisting of trees in which each node is greater than all its children.
- Memory that is dynamically allocated.
"You should move these structures from the stack to the heap to avoid a potential stack overflow."
- A dilapidated place or vehicle.
"My first car was an old heap."
- A lot, a large amount
"Thanks a heap!"
verb
- To pile in a heap.
"He heaped the laundry upon the bed and began folding."
- To form or round into a heap, as in measuring.
- To supply in great quantity.
"They heaped praise upon their newest hero."
adverb
- Very much, a lot
"I love him heaps."
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