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Tarin abu, tsibi, tuli

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.
(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.

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

(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.
(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.

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-Tarin abu, tsibi, tuli
+<big>Tarin abu, [[tsibi]], [[tuli]]</big>
+===Pronunciation===
+* {{enPR|hēp}}, {{IPA|/hiːp/}}
+* {{audio|en-us-heap.ogg|Audio (US)}}
+==Noun==
+{{noun}}
+# A '''heap''' is a big [[pile]] of things, usually thrown in the pile and not in any [[order]]. <> [[tari|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 {{r|organiz|ing}} them.''
+# {{idiom}} A '''heap''' is a lot of something. <> [[tuli]].
+#: ''If that dog eats my [[shoe]]s 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==
+{{verb}}
+#{{transitive}}  If you '''heap''' something, you pile it up high. <> [[tattara]] kaya har su yi tsawo.
+#: ''{{lc|Pudding}} is my [[favorite]] [[dessert]].  I '''heaped''' it so high on my [[plate]] that it looked like a little [[mountain]].''
+# {{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]] [[surprise]]d her by '''heaping''' the [[blame]] for the [[project]] onto her, when really, the problems were his own [[fault]].''
 [[Category:English lemmas]]