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• heap — heap1 [ hip ] noun count * 1. ) a large pile of something, especially a messy pile: a rubbish heap heap of: The bomb had reduced the building to a heap of rubble. be in a heap: His clothes were in a crumpled heap on the floor. in heaps: The… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• heap — heap1 [hi:p] n [: Old English;] 1.) a large untidy pile of things ▪ a rubbish heap heap of ▪ There was a heap of stones where the building used to be. in a heap ▪ The envelopes for posting lay in a heap on her desk. ▪ We piled the branches into… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• heap — 1 noun (C) 1 a large untidy pile of things: a rubbish heap (+ of): heaps of dead leaves | in heaps: Dirty clothes lay in heaps on the floor. 2 heaps of informal a lot of something: Don t worry, we ve got heaps of time. 3 humorous an old car that… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• in a heap — phrase if you fall or lie in a heap, you lie without moving after you have fallen She collapsed in a heap on the floor. Chrissy landed in a heap at the bottom of the stairs. Thesaurus: describing movement up or downsynonym Main entry: heap * * *… …   Useful english dictionary

• in a heap — if you fall or lie in a heap, you lie without moving after you have fallen She collapsed in a heap on the floor. Chrissy landed in a heap at the bottom of the stairs …   English dictionary

• collapse/fall etc. in a heap — collapse/fall (etc.) in a heap : to fall very suddenly to the ground and lie there Overcome by heat exhaustion, he collapsed/fell in a heap. • • • Main Entry: ↑heap …   Useful english dictionary

• collapse/fall in a heap — collapse/fall (etc.) in a heap : to fall very suddenly to the ground and lie there Overcome by heat exhaustion, he collapsed/fell in a heap. • • • Main Entry: ↑heap …   Useful english dictionary

• couch — /kowch/ or, for 6, 15, /koohch/, n. 1. a piece of furniture for seating from two to four people, typically in the form of a bench with a back, sometimes having an armrest at one or each end, and partly or wholly upholstered and often fitted with… …   Universalium

• couch — [[t]kaʊtʃ[/t]] n. 1) fur a piece of upholstered furniture for seating usu. two to four people, typically having a back and an armrest at one or both ends 2) fur a long upholstered seat with a headrest at one end, on which a person reclines;… …   From formal English to slang

• couch — I. /kaʊtʃ / (say kowch) noun 1. a piece of furniture, for seating two to four people, with a back and sometimes armrests; lounge. 2. a similar piece of upholstered furniture, without a back but with a headrest, as used by doctors for their… …  

• Obvious — Ob vi*ous, a. [L. obvius; ob (see {Ob }) + via way. See {Voyage}.] 1. Opposing; fronting. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] To the evil turn My obvious breast. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Exposed; subject; open; liable. [Obs.] Obvious to dispute. Milton. [1913 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English