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 Cooking utensils and small mounds of clothes are kept in plastic bags or heaped on the ground. — Helen Regan, CNN Money, 16 May 2026 The Angels manager also heaped praise on his friend when asked what makes Kotsay special. — Jason Burke, Oc Register, 21 June 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 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 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heaped
  1. poured
  2. piled
  3. filled
  4. lavished
  5. stacked
  6. packed
  7. loaded
  8. stuffed
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  • Local 150’s president chairs political committees that have poured money into the campaign of Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, a likely 2027 mayoral challenger.
    — Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
  • Long before venture capital poured money into AI, decades of federal research also helped build the computing and machine-learning advances that made these systems possible.
    — James Broughel, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
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  • Mobile light towers were stationed outside alongside waste management trucks, and large stacks of sandbags were piled up.
    — Jazmin Alvarado, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
  • May added 172,000 jobs, with the gains piled into leisure and hospitality, state and local government, and health care, while financial activities slipped and information work kept bleeding year over year.
    — Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
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  • The Northern California chain was known for its Kojas, a sandwich filled with Korean BBQ meat and sauces between garlic-fried-rice buns.
    — Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026
  • Meanwhile, the infrared components illustrate the explosion’s growing shell filled with cosmic dust.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 July 2026
Definition of filled
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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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  • Look for a dense melon that's heavy for its size because it'll be packed with more juice, more sugar and more flavor.
    — Veronica Bravo, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • Thousands of fans packed Bayfront Park in Miami for Fan Fest to watch Team USA advance in the World Cup, cheering through rain and celebrating the win together.
    — Anna McAllister, CBS News, 2 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
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  • The former four-classroom building, now comprised of 11 upscale suites, provides guests with a complimentary three-course breakfast each morning, which includes French toast stuffed with cream cheese.
    — Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2026
  • There were 68,827-plus souls — a fire hazard of a sellout — stuffed into the concrete oven temporarily known as Levi’s Stadium.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 2 July 2026
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