gather+into+a+heap+or+pile
1pile — I. v. a. 1. Accumulate, amass. 2. Collect or gather into a heap, heap up. II. n. 1. Heap, mass, collection, accumulation. 2. Building, edifice, structure, fabric, erection. 3. Nap, woolly surface. 4 …
2heap — n pile, stack, shock, cock, mass, bank (see under HEAP vb) Analogous words: *aggregate, aggregation, conglomerate, conglomeration: collection, assemblage (see under GATHER) heap vb Heap, pile, stack, shock, cock, mass, bank are comparable as… …
3heap´er — heap «heep», noun, verb. –n. 1. a pile of many things thrown or lying together: »a heap of stones, a sand heap. SYNONYM(S): mass, stack, accumulation. 2. Informal. a large amount; a lot; multitude: »a heap of trouble. It did me a heap of good to… …
4heap — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. pile, load, stack, mound, assemblage;informal, great deal, heaps (inf.), oodles (inf.), piles (inf.), scads (sl.). See multitude. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. pile, accumulation, mass, agglomeration, stack …
5pile — pile1 /puyl/, n., v., piled, piling. n. 1. an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other: a pile of papers; a pile of bricks. 2. Informal. a large number, quantity, or amount of anything: a pile of work. 3. a heap of wood on which a… …
6pile — I. /paɪl / (say puyl) noun 1. an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon another in a more or less orderly fashion: a pile of boxes. 2. Colloquial a large number, quantity, or amount of anything: a pile of things to do. 3. a heap of wood on… …
7heap — Synonyms and related words: abundance, accord, accumulate, accumulation, administer, afford, agglomeration, aggregate, aggregation, allot, allow, amass, amassment, amount, anthill, army, assemble, auto, autocar, automobile, award, backlog, bag,… …
8pile — I [[t]paɪl[/t]] n. v. piled, pil•ing 1) an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other: a pile of papers[/ex] 2) inf a large number, quantity, or amount of anything: a pile of work[/ex] 3) a heap of wood on which a dead body, a living… …
9pile up — Synonyms and related words: accumulate, amass, backlog, bank, bank up, beach, cast away, collect, cumulate, drift, garner, garner up, gather into barns, ground, heap, heap up, hide, hill, hoard, hoard up, hold, keep, lay up, mound, pile, put up,… …
10gather — v 1. collect, accumulate, heap up, pile, pile up, stack up; amass, cumulate; glean, take in, pull in, harvest, reap; pick, pick up, rake up, bag; cull, sort out, pick out; hoard, garner, store up, stock up, lay by, lay up, lay in, Inf. stash away …
