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Army is a related term of heap.


As a proper noun army

is a sports team representing the.

As a noun heap is

heap.

army

English

(wikipedia army)

Noun

(armies)
  • A large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air or naval) operations.
    • The army was sent in to quell the uprising.
  • # Used absolutely for that entire branch of the armed forces.
  • The army received a bigger share of this year's budget increase than the navy or air force.
  • # (often capitalized) Within a vast military, a very large tactical contingent (e.g. a number of divisions).
  • The Fourth Army''' suffered such losses that its remainders were merged into the Second '''Army , also deployed on the Western front.
  • The governmental agency in charge of a state's army.
    • The army opposed the legislature's involvement.
  • (figuratively) A large group of people working toward the same purpose.
    • It took an army of accountants to uncover the fraud.
  • (figuratively) A large group of social animals working toward the same purpose.
    • Our house is being attacked by an army of ants.
  • (figuratively) Any multitude.
    • On sunny days the beaches draw armies of tourists of all kinds.

    Synonyms

    * host * *

    Derived terms

    () * army ant * army base * army boots * army group * army surplus * Swiss Army Knife, Swiss Army Penknife * * bonsai army

    Related terms

    () * arm, arms, armed * armament * armor, armour

    See also

    * Navy * Air Force * Marines

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    heap

    English

    (wikipedia heap)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • a heap of vassals and slaves
  • * W. Black
    • He had heaps of friends.
  • A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation.
    • a heap of earth or stones
  • * Dryden
    • Huge heaps of slain around the body rise.
  • A great number or large quantity of things.
  • * Bishop Burnet
    • a vast heap , both of places of scripture and quotations
  • * Robert Louis Stevenson
    • I have noticed a heap of things in my life.
  • (computing) A data structure consisting of trees in which each node is greater than all its children.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=May 9 , author=Jonathan Wilson , title=Europa League: Radamel Falcao's Atlético Madrid rout Athletic Bilbao , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=Every break seemed dangerous and Falcao clearly had the beating of Amorebieta. Others, being forced to stretch a foot behind them to control Arda Turan's 34th-minute cross, might simply have lashed a shot on the turn; Falcao, though, twisted back on to his left foot, leaving Amorebieta in a heap , and thumped in an inevitable finish – his 12th goal in 15 European matches this season.}}

    Synonyms

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    Verb

    (heap)
  • To pile in a heap.
    • He heaped the laundry upon the bed and began folding.
  • To form or round into a heap, as in measuring.
  • * 1819 , , Otho the Great , Act I, scene II, verses 40-42
    • Cry a reward, to him who shall first bring
    News of that vanished Arabian,
    A full-heap’d helmet of the purest gold.
  • To supply in great quantity.
    • They heaped praise upon their newest hero.

    Derived terms

    * heap up

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