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heaps up

heaps up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of heap up.

Meaning of heap up

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To increase over a period of time; to accumulate.
    Synonyms:
    mount up, pile up
  2. (transitive) To 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

Questions about heaps up

What is heaps up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Heaps up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of heap up.

Words near heaps up in the dictionary

  1. heapmeal
  2. Heappey
  3. heaps
  4. heaps coals of fire on someone's head
  5. heaps on
  6. heaps up
  7. Heaps' law
  8. heapsful
  9. heapsort
  10. heapsorted
  11. heapsorting

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