heap

Tarin abu, tsibi, tuli

Pronunciation

• enPR: hēp, IPA: /hiːp/

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Noun

Singular heap

Plural heaps

1. A heap is a big pile of things, usually thrown in the pile and not in any order. <> Tarin abu.

   When we moved into our new house, the old owners had left a heap of garbage inside for us to deal with.

   I dumped all of my things into a heap on my bed so I could start organizing them.

2. (idiom) A heap is a lot of something. <> tuli.

   If that dog eats my shoes again, he will be in a heap of trouble.

   She earned heaps of money when she was 20 and now she doesn't have to work for the rest of her life.

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) heap

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) heaps

Past tense (ya wuce) heaped

Past participle (ya wuce) heaped

Present participle (ana cikin yi) heaping

1. (transitive) If you heap something, you pile it up high. <> tattara kaya har su yi tsawo.

   Pudding is my favorite dessert. I heaped it so high on my plate that it looked like a little mountain.

2. (transitive) If you heap something, you give a lot of it. <> badawa da yawa.

   The police heaped the children with praise after they would not get in a car with someone they did not know.

   Her boss surprised her by heaping the blame for the project onto her, when really, the problems were his own fault.

Translation of heap (by Oxford University Press)

(noun)

1. garbage, rubbish heap <> tārī̀, tulī̀, tsibī̀, jūjī

   there was a heap of corn on the floor <> àkwai tārìn hatsī à dàɓīn

2. of tied bundles of grain in field <> būshiyā, bāgā̀

(verb)

1. heap something on <> tulā̀ wà, labtā̀ wà

   she heaped the food on his plate <> tā tulā̀ masà àbinci

2. heap abuse on someone <> danƙàrā wà X zāgī̀
3. make a heap <> tārā̀