[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/mysticism/w/heap.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The mysticism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/mysticism/) / heap [← H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/mysticism/H/) # heap «heap» in Mova's mysticism dictionary: **a big untidy pile of things on top of each other** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it. ### part of speech noun (heap, heaps); verb (heap, heaps, heaped, heaping) ### meaning for a pupil 1) A heap is a big untidy pile of things on top of each other. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/H/heap/#m1) 2) Heaps of something means a lot of it (informal, very common in Australia and New Zealand). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/H/heap/#m2) 3) To heap is to put things in a pile, or to fill something with a lot, like a heaped spoon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/H/heap/#m3) ### sense in the lessons In the mystic school: In note 15 a heap only contains parts, while a whole also holds the relations between them and a memory that they belong together. In the primary lessons: A group of things counted or weighed; adding to or taking from a heap. In everyday life: a heap of laundry, a compost heap, a heaped teaspoon in a recipe. In stories: a heap of gold, a heap of leaves. Phrases: «a heap of», «heaps of», «heaps better», «in a heap». ### examples - With no zero there is no place value, no carrying, no "ten" that folds a heap of strokes into one sign. (note 11) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/H/heap/#x1) - A heap contains parts. (note 15) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/H/heap/#x2) - The note says with no zero there is no place value, no carrying and no "ten" that folds a heap of strokes into one sign, so every step is longer than the last. (lesson 023) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/H/heap/#x3) - A heap contains parts; a whole contains relations between the parts and a memory that they belong together, and no single fragment can supply that memory. A token knows itself, a dependency its two endpoints, a frame an event, a rule a transformation, a test whether one claim survived; none of them alone knows the system. (lesson 027) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/H/heap/#x4) - There is a heap of 40 stones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/H/heap/#x5) - He moved 15 stones from the heap. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/H/heap/#x6) - Two heaps have 25 and 30 apples. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/H/heap/#x7) - She heaps 3 more spoons of sugar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/H/heap/#x8) - My clothes were in a heap on the floor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/H/heap/#x9) - We put the leaves on the compost heap. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/H/heap/#x10) - Thanks heaps for your help! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/H/heap/#x11) - The dog jumped into the heap of leaves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/H/heap/#x12) - They divided the money into three heaps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/H/heap/#x13) ### note A heap is a group (a total); taking from it subtracts, adding to it adds. Trap: «a heap of» or «heaps of» in speech can just mean «a lot», with no number. A heaped spoon holds more than a level spoon. ### In the corpora - [She landed on "a heap of sticks and dry leaves" and "was not a bit hurt".](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/1-alice-ch1-part1-down-the-rabbit-hole/22/) - [Pour vinegar onto a heap of baking soda and it froths up like a witch's cauldron.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/18-the-fizz-vinegar-lemon-and-soda/0/) - [A compost heap gets warm because microbes break down the scraps and release energy as heat.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/23-browning-apples-rotting-and-mould/18/) - [In Australian English "heaps" means lots or very, as in "heaps of dashes".](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/36-brackets-dashes-colons-semicolons-and-hyphens/16/) - [It's Monday, it's PE, and her kit is in a heap on Dad's bedroom floor.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/516-divorce-and-two-homes/2/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «heap» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/H/heap/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.