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Definition of heap :
1. A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of persons.
2. A great number or large quantity of things not placed in a pile.
3. A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation; as, a heap of earth or stones.
4. To collect in great quantity; to amass; to lay up; to accumulate; - usually with up; as, to heap up treasures.
5. To form or round into a heap, as in measuring; to fill ( a measure) more than even full.
6. 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.
Synonyms:
mussiness, hoi polloi, load, grass, crapper, plenty, nap, agglomerate, muckle, mickle, peck, corporation, drift, power, coach, flowerpot, double-decker, fullness, mount, bus, stock, smokestack, motorcoach, haul, fate, green goddess, sum, hillock, chain reactor, muddle, store, lots, portion, atomic pile, deposit, gage, pile, cock, big, hole, bay window, band, cumulation, locoweed, zillion, volume, spate, potful, kettle of fish, trade, ken, toilet, mint candy, vision, oodles, throne, slew, shock, mass, wealth, acervation, bulk, plenteousness, circle, upsurge, view, tidy sum, plenitude, collection, potty, jumble, junk pile, omnibus, hill, chaw, tummy, visual modality, profusion, galvanic pile, barrel, deal, passel, spile, rush, jam, mob, visual sense, hammock, big bucks, passenger vehicle, down, push-down storage, bushel, world, trillion, stack, charabanc, troop, sens, fold, surge, pitcher's mound, flock, masses, people, confused mass, push-down list, cargo, potentiometer, piling, cud, abundance, bargain, commode, plug, cartload, block, lump, circumstances, jillion, stilt, lot, hummock, business deal, atomic reactor, hatful, survey, busbar, hoard, tumble, good deal, pickle, fix, luck, freshet, total, clump, chew, mountain, skunk, big money, whole lot, cumulus, motorbus, bank, pot, agglomeration, can, batch, mow, push-down store, multitude, mess hall, mint, hand, cumulus cloud, kitty, whole, knoll, plentitude, bundle, stool, whole slew, wad, the great unwashed, accumulation, push-down stack, concentration, bale, autobus, fortune, ream, jalopy, aggregation, softwood, gathering, multiplicity, pyramid, carload, sess, wagonload, caboodle, sight, quite a little, messiness, million, quid, bus topology, packet, amassment, throng, pitcher, clutch, quantity, gob, plentifulness, huddle, draw, smoke, much, potbelly, swell, order, dope, pack, great deal, destiny, raft, set, mound, pyre, weed, barrow, jackpot, bunch, jitney, muss, megabucks, full house, voltaic pile, scad, mess, cluster
acquire (part of speech: verb)
net, pocket, accumulate, procure, land, take, corner, claim, amass, garner, obtain, fetch, harvest, incur, score, receive, get, buy, wrangle, win, collect, acquire, secure, add, assume, annex, retrieve, lure, reap, catch, capture, palm, bag, purchase
Usage examples:
- Yes, me heap likee workee. - "The Comstock Club", Charles Carroll Goodwin.
- He had not to wait very long, for they brought him a heap of pearls, and all he had to do was to thread them on the string. - "Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen", Alexander Chodsko.
- She sat, a sorry little heap, among the stranger flowers that had brought about her ruin. - "Four Girls and a Compact", Annie Hamilton Donnell.