heaped

verb

past tense of heap
1
as in poured
to give readily and in large quantities the critics heaped scorn on the wannabe blockbuster and its implausible plot

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2
as in piled
to lay or throw on top of one another heaped the stones in a corner of the yard

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3
as in filled
to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained heaped her plate with spaghetti

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Recent Examples of heaped Almost daily long-range attacks on Russian oil facilities have created a fuel crisis and heaped political pressure on the Kremlin as its all-out invasion of Ukraine stretches into its fifth year. — ABC News, 4 July 2026 Almost daily long-range attacks on Russian oil facilities have created a fuel crisis and heaped political pressure on the Kremlin as its all-out invasion of Ukraine stretches into its fifth year. — Dasha Litvinova, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026 The Angels manager also heaped praise on his friend when asked what makes Kotsay special. — Jason Burke, Oc Register, 21 June 2026 Little surprise that the pair explore the wider context of Brazil’s 1970 World Cup triumph, namely the military dictatorship that sapped national pride and heaped enormous pressure on a team — one who’d stunk up the tournament four years earlier — to restore it. — Jon O'Brien, Vulture, 10 June 2026 Nick Immaculata from Preservation Distillery might be, especially after seeing the praise heaped upon it from the eternally online whiskey world. — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 24 May 2026 Cooking utensils and small mounds of clothes are kept in plastic bags or heaped on the ground. — Helen Regan, CNN Money, 16 May 2026 Gonzalez Rogers heaped praise on the jurors during the trial and alluded to the contrast between them and the billionaire witnesses and litigants. — David Ingram, NBC news, 15 May 2026 Now the Iran war has heaped fresh pressure on those businesses, choking critical shipping lanes, triggering a historic energy shock, and threatening to crimp global demand for Chinese goods across the board. — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 13 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heaped
  1. poured
  2. piled
  3. filled
  4. lavished
  5. stacked
  6. packed
  7. loaded
  8. stuffed
Verb
  • Gordon, the only sitting judge who spent multiple days on the bus, poured over documents and sequestered himself with a laptop and a cell phone video call in a back corner.
    — Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 11 July 2026
  • The scale alone — several million visitors have poured through the country over the tournament’s five-week run — has made the World Cup both a massive sporting spectacle and a test of logistical and policy coordination on an unprecedented level.
    — Daniel Ross Goodman, The Washington Examiner, 11 July 2026
Definition of poured
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  • The jeers grew louder Friday and Saturday as Machado piled up four strikeouts amid two hitless nights.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2026
  • The strips are piled high in plastic bins, sprawled over tables and fed underneath bobbing needles.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 4 July 2026
Definition of piled
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  • Following the Japanese art form Kintsugi, the packaging is made up of gold- and silver-filled pottery fragments to resemble a broken heart pieced back together.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 9 July 2026
  • These cracks were filled by the lime clasts that reacted with salt or rainwater to recrystallize.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 July 2026
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  • The old temples of Tamil Nadu are a treasure-trove of forms incised on stone or magicked from brass, and lavished daily with fruit and flowers, incense and sandalwood, music and light.
    — Chandrahas Choudhury, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 July 2026
  • Likewise, Wong’s bricks are beyond compare in the attention lavished on each individual building block.
    — Lori Waxman, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2026
Definition of lavished
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  • Still, the game’s result seemed minuscule when stacked against Alfonso’s personal tragedy and the earthquake’s destruction in Venezuela.
    — Liana Handler Follow, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • The odds of making MLB are always long, but are stacked even higher against players like this.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2026
Definition of stacked
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  • Family dinner and movie night at home R+D Kitchen is always packed, so my sons, who are 31 and 33, do the cooking.
    — Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
  • During a meeting last month, dozens of students and educators packed the school board’s auditorium to support Broderick, in a contentious meeting that at times erupted in shouting amid questions over what can be said during public comments.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 9 July 2026
Definition of packed
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  • The implosion came in the third inning when Manaea loaded the bases with two outs, with the Mets already down 1-0.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 5 July 2026
  • Webb allowed three straight singles following McCarthy’s homer, then walked a batter with the bases loaded to gift the Rockies their second run.
    — Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 4 July 2026
Definition of loaded
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  • After Haissem Hassan took down Nicolás Tagliafico in the box, Lionel Messi took the penalty kick, but his shot toward the right side of the goal was stuffed by a diving Mostafa Shoubir!
    — NBC News, NBC news, 7 July 2026
  • Over the past year, a wave of Strategy copycats have stuffed public companies with crypto in a bid to lift their share prices, but that trade has largely lost steam.
    — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 6 July 2026
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