heap up

• Verbo frasal que significa acumular o juntar cosas formando un montón o una masa.

A phrasal verb meaning to accumulate or gather things into a pile or mass.

incontable · transitivo · phrasal, separable

1. Accumulate or pile upinformal

   To gather or collect things into a pile or mound.

   amontonar, acumular

   • The leaves were heaped up in the corner of the garden.
   • She heaped up the dirty laundry in the basket.
   • They heaped up the sand to build a castle.

   Sinónimosaccumulateamasscollectgatherhoardpilestackstockpile

   Antónimosdispersescatterspread

2. Increase graduallyinformal

   To cause something to increase or accumulate over time.

   acumular gradualmente

   • Problems began to heap up as the deadline approached.
   • The evidence against him was heaping up.
   • Work tends to heap up when you take a vacation.

   Sinónimosaccrueaccumulateamassbuild upcollectgatherpile upstockpile

   Antónimosdecreasedepletediminishlessenreduce

Verbo baseheap