A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body so as to form an elevation; as a heap of earth or stones. Huge heaps of slain around the body rise.

A crowd; a throng; a cluster; applied to living persons.

A mass of ruins. Thou hast made of a city a heap. Isaiah 25:2.

To throw or lay in a heap; to pile; as, to heap stones; often with up; as, to heap up earth; or with on; as, to heap on wood or coal.

To amass; to accumulate; to lay up; to collect in great quantity; with up; as, to heap up treasures. Though the wicked heap up silver as the dust-- Job 27:76.

To add something else, in large quantities.

To pile; to add till the mass takes a roundish form, or till it rises above the measure; as, to heap any thing in measuring.