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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Heap \Heap\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Heaped} (h[=e]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Heaping}.] [AS. he['a]pian.]
1. To collect in great quantity; to amass; to lay up; to accumulate; -- usually with up; as, to heap up treasures.
Though he heap up silver as the dust. --Job. xxvii. 16.
2. To throw or lay in a heap; to make a heap of; to pile; as, to heap stones; -- often with up; as, to heap up earth; or with on; as, to heap on wood or coal.
3. To form or round into a heap, as in measuring; to fill (a measure) more than even full.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
heaped
adjective: thrown together in a pile; "a desk heaped with books"; "heaped-up ears of corn"; "ungraded papers piled high" [syn: {heaped-up}, {piled}, {cumulous}]
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