throw+in+a+heap

  • 11throw something away — 1 she hated throwing old clothes away: DISCARD, throw out, dispose of, get rid of, do away with, toss out, scrap, throw on the scrap heap, clear out, dump, jettison; …

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  • 12throw-out — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( s) Etymology: throw out 1. : an act or instance of throwing out 2. : one that is rejected or discarded the attack on the government was led by envious throw outs George Orwell the throw outs of ten generations, hou …

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  • 13be on the scrap heap — throw (someone/something) on the scrap heap to get rid of someone or something that is not wanted or needed any more. These kids are on the scrap heap as soon as they leave school …

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  • 14on the scrap heap — in a place for things that are not wanted any more. Congress is threatening to throw the president s budget on the scrap heap. Etymology: from the literal meaning of scrap heap (= a pile of things that are no longer wanted) …

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  • 15Cumulate — Cu mu*late (k? m? l?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cumulated} ( l? t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cumulating} ( l? t?ng).] [L. cumulatus, p. p. of cumulare to heap up, fr. cumulus a heap. See {Cumber}.] To gather or throw into a heap; to heap together; to… …

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  • 16Cumulated — Cumulate Cu mu*late (k? m? l?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cumulated} ( l? t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cumulating} ( l? t?ng).] [L. cumulatus, p. p. of cumulare to heap up, fr. cumulus a heap. See {Cumber}.] To gather or throw into a heap; to heap… …

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  • 17Cumulating — Cumulate Cu mu*late (k? m? l?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cumulated} ( l? t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cumulating} ( l? t?ng).] [L. cumulatus, p. p. of cumulare to heap up, fr. cumulus a heap. See {Cumber}.] To gather or throw into a heap; to heap… …

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  • 18huddle — I. v. a. 1. Throw together in confusion, throw in a heap, crowd confusedly. 2. Hurry away, push away in a heap. 3. [With up.] Make hurriedly, contrive carelessly, fudge up. 4. [With on.] Hurry on, hustle on, put on in disorder. II. v. n …

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  • 19beaucoup — French, lit. a great heap, from beau fine, great (see BEAU (Cf. beau) (n.)) + coup a stroke, also a throw, hence, a heap (see COUP (Cf. coup) (n.)). Cf. Sp. golpe multitude …

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  • 20sully — v 1. soil, stain, spot, blemish, maculate, smudge, smear, besmear; begrime, bedraggle, draggle; mar, spoil, ruin; contaminate, pollute, adulterate. 2. defile, disgrace, dishonor, dirty; defame, denigrate, vilify, scandalize, revile, malign;… …

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