heap up

verb

To increase over a period of time; to accumulate.

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mount uppile upstack up
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Meanings

verbheap up (third-person singular simple present heaps up, present participle heaping up, simple past and past participle heaped up)

present singular third person heaps up · participle present heaping up · participle past heaped up · past heaped up

  1. intransitiveTo increase over a period of time; to accumulate.

    Synonyms: mount up, pile up, pile up

  2. transitiveTo make an untidy pile of (something).

    But in reality it was only partially accomplished, because Vukub's two sons, Zipacna and Cabrakan, still remained to be dealt with. Zipacna was daily employed in heaping up mountains, while Cabrakan, his brother, shook them in earthquake.

    1913, Lewis Spence, chapter V, in The Myths of Mexico and Peru

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo increase over a period of time; to accumulate.

Similar
mount uppile uppile up

More synonyms by meaning

verbarrange into piles or stacks

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pile upstack up
Broader
gathergarnercollect
Also see
accumulateamassbuild upcumulateheapmoundmount uppile upstackstack up

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

heap up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heap%20up

MLA

“heap up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heap%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heap up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heap%20up.

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