Past tense of heap
regular verb
The past tense of heap is heaped. The past participle is also heaped.
Forms of heap
| Base form (V1) | heap /hiːp/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | heaped /hiːpt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | heaped /hiːpt/ |
| Present participle | heaping /ˈhiːpɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | heaps /hiːps/ |
Heaped in a sentence
- He heaped the laundry upon the bed and began folding.
- They heaped praise upon their newest hero.
- He stared at the goldenware and the plates heaped with excellent food.1988, Greg Bear, “Sleepside Story”, in Tangents, Warner Books, published 1989, →ISBN, page 73. From the entry goldenware
- But each new step is inherently more improbability being heaped onto your base assumptions about the nature of reality.2020 May 15, Nya_doesnt_die, Speed_of_Night, “Do you believe in aliens, Why or why not?”, in reddit.com. From the entry supersupernatural
- She ordered Cat's Ear Noodles heaped with garlic bolts and tomatoes, the broth thick with cumin, laced with black vinegar.2017, Adam Brookes, The Spy's Daughter, Redhook, →ISBN. From the entry bolt
Meaning of heap
- noun A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people.
- noun A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation.
- noun A great number or large quantity of things.
Questions about the past tense of heap
- What is the past tense of heap?
- The past tense of heap is heaped.
- What is the past participle of heap?
- The past participle of heap is heaped.
- Is heap a regular or irregular verb?
- Heap is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: heap (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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