heap in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for heap in the English»French Dictionary

I.heap [Brit hiːp, Am hip] N

1. heap (of rubble, leaves, objects):

heap

tas m

to pile sth up in a heap or in heaps

mettre qc en tas

to lie in a heap person:

être affalé

to lie in a heap objects, bodies:

être entassés

to fall or collapse in a heap person:

s'affaler

to collapse in an exhausted heap

s'affaler épuisé

2. heap (lot) inf:

heaps of (plenty of) money, food, atmosphere

plein de

heaps of (too much)

un tas de inf

work, problems we've got heaps of things to do

on a un tas de choses à faire

we've got heaps of time

on a tout notre temps

to be in a heap of trouble

avoir plein de or des tas de problèmes inf

3. heap (car):

heap inf, pej

guimbarde f inf

heap inf, pej

tacot m inf

II.heaps ADV

heaps inf:

heaps

cent fois

to feel heaps better

se sentir cent fois mieux

heaps more room

cent fois plus de place

III.heap [Brit hiːp, Am hip] VB trans

1. heap (pile) → heap up

2. heap (shower) fig:

to heap sth on sb praise

couvrir qn de qc

to heap sth on sb work

accabler qn de qc

to heap sth on sb insults

abreuver qn de qc

to heap scorn on sb

accabler qn de mépris

See also heap up

I.heap up VB [Brit hiːp -, Am hip -] (heap [sth] up, heap up [sth])

heap up leaves, bodies

entasser

heap up food

empiler

heap up table

submerger (with de)

spoil heap N

spoil heap

monceau m de déblais

I.heap up VB [Brit hiːp -, Am hip -] (heap [sth] up, heap up [sth])

heap up leaves, bodies

entasser

heap up food

empiler

heap up table

submerger (with de)

manure heap N

manure heap

fumier m

manure heap

tas m de fumier

rubbish heap N

rubbish heap (gen)

tas m d'ordures

rubbish heap (in garden)

tas m de saletés inf

compost heap N

compost heap

terreau m

slag heap N

slag heap

terril m

it's ready for the slag heap fig

c'est bon pour la casse

trash heap [Brit ˈtraʃ hiːp] N lit

trash heap

tas m d'ordures

to throw sb/sth on the trash heap fig

mettre qn/qc au rancart

dung heap [Brit ˈdʌŋ hiːp], dunghill [ˈdʌŋhɪl] N

dung heap

tas m de fumier

Translations for heap in the French»English Dictionary

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terril

slag heap

heap in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for heap in the English»French Dictionary

I.heap [hi:p] N

heap

tas m

to pile sth into heaps

entasser qc

Phrases:

a (whole) heap of work

beaucoup de travail

II.heap [hi:p] VB trans

heap

entasser

scrap heap N

scrap heap

tas m de ferraille

slag heap N

slag heap

dépôt m de scories

Translations for heap in the French»English Dictionary

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terril

slag heap

amoncellement

heap

amas de pierres

heap

agonir qn d'injures

to heap abuse on sb

tas

heap

accabler qn de reproches

to heap reproaches on sb

paquet de neige

heap

heap Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

a (whole) heap of work

beaucoup de travail

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

There is evidence of old pits in the surrounding woods, and several old spoil heaps.

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The scraping of it into heaps, unless it was removed, would not change the possession from the owner of the fee to the plaintiff.

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The site of the mine and its spoil heaps remain.

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The performance is roughly the same as a normal single direction heap.

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Heaps ran his campaign based on delivering better services by the city.

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A program's memory is divided into five segments: text, data, bss, heap, and stack.

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So if one is reducing it from a heap to a pile, it is a heap going down until, say, 750.

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A common implementation of a heap is the binary heap, in which the tree is a complete binary tree (see figure).

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She then stormed the dance floor and suddenly collapsed in a heap.

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The tide of wealth had been heaped against him, but he had never shrunk from his duties.

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