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dump (dump)

transitive verb

  1. to throw down or out roughly; empty out or unload as in a heap or mass
    1. to throw away (garbage, rubbish, etc.), esp. in a place set apart for the purpose
    2. to get rid of in an abrupt, rough, or careless manner
  2. to sell (a commodity) in a large quantity at a low price, esp. in a foreign market at a price below that of the domestic market
    1. to transfer (data in a computer memory) to another section of storage or to another storage medium
    2. to print out (data in a computer memory)
  3. Football to throw (a short pass) into the flat

Etymology: ME dompen, to plunge, throw down; prob. < ON base akin to Dan dumpe, Swed dompa: for IE base see deep

intransitive verb

  1. to fall in a heap or mass
  2. to unload rubbish
  3. to dump commodities
  4. Slang to defecate: somewhat vulgar

noun

  1. a rubbish pile
  2. ☆ a place for dumping rubbish, etc.
  3. ☆ a copy, esp. a printout, of data stored in a computer
  4. Mil. a temporary storage center in the field, as for ammunition, food, or clothing
  5. Slang a bowel movement: somewhat vulgar: mainly in the phrase take a dump
  6. Informal a place that is unpleasant, ugly, run-down, etc.
dump Idioms

dump on

Slang to treat with contempt; demean
dump2 definition

dump (dump)

noun

Obsolete a sad tune or song

Etymology: prob. < Du domp, haze, dullness, akin to damp

dump Idioms

(down) in the dumps

Informal in low spirits; depressed

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dump Synonyms

dump

n.

garbage dump, city dump, dumping ground, refuse heap, rubbish pile, rubbish heap, ash heap, junk pile, junkyard, sanitary landfill, sump, cesspit, landfill, cesspool, scrapheap, dumpsite, midden, discard pile, toxic waste dump, hovel, hole.


dump

v.

empty, unload, deposit, unpack, discharge, throw down in a mass, fling down, drop, evacuate, drain, eject, exude, expel, throw out, discard, throw overboard; see also discard, empty 2.

Antonyms load*, fill*, pack.


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dump Usage Examples

Object

  • rubbish: Please do not dump rubbish in West Wycombe Garden Center Car Park.

Adjective modifier

  • rubbish: A Lower Largo resident says a local beauty spot has become more like a rubbish dump than a nature reserve.

Modifies a noun

  • truck: But when he wonders if he could drive a dump truck, his imagination takes off dump trucks toy and exciting things happen!

Noun used with modifier

  • clunker: Than issues relating area of the the front page clunker dump collision.

Adjective complement

  • rubbish: A trader or someone else has dumped rubbish in my bin.

Preposition: in

  • landfill: Zero waste is about seeing ' waste ' as a resource rather than something to dump in landfill.

Preposition: of

  • rubbish: Herb layers are often diverse in species, but also grazed in parts; there is also some dumping of rubbish and farm machinery.
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What a dump!

-Coen,Joel

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