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   Dump

   /dəmp/

   

   noun

   • 1. a site for depositing garbage. Similar refuse dumprefuse heapdumping grounddustheapslag heapmiddendunghilldung heapscrapyardtiprubbish tiprubbish dumprubbish heapjunkyardnuisance grounds
   • ▪ a heap of garbage left at a dump.
   • ▪ a place where a particular kind of waste, especially dangerous waste, is left: "a nuclear waste dump"
   • ▪ a place where weapons and other military equipment is stored: "an ammunitions dump"
   • 2. an unpleasant or dreary place: informal "she says the town has become a dump" Similar hovelshackslumshantymessinformal:holepigsty
   • 3. a copying of stored data to a different location, performed typically as a protection against loss.
   • ▪ a printout or list of the contents of a computer's memory, occurring typically after a system failure.
   • 4. an act of defecation. vulgar slang

   verb

   • 1. deposit or dispose of (garbage, waste, or unwanted material), typically in a careless or hurried way: "trucks dumped 1,900 tons of refuse here" Similar dispose ofget rid ofthrow awaythrow outdiscardscrapbinjettisoncast asidecast outfling outtoss outinformal:ditchjunkget shut ofget shot oftrash
   • ▪ put down or abandon (something) hurriedly in order to make an escape: "the couple dumped the car and fled"
   • ▪ put (something) down firmly or heavily and carelessly: "she dumped her knapsack on the floor" Similar put downlay downset downdepositplaceputunloaddroplet fallthrow downfling downinformal:stickparkplonkshovepopbungplunkarchaic:unladerare:posit
   • ▪ abandon or desert (someone): informal "you'll get tired of me and dump me" Similar abandondesertleaveleave in the lurchleave high and dryturn one's back onjiltbreak up withfinish withcast asidethrow overinformal:walk out onrun out onrat ondropditchchuckgive someone the old heave-holeave someone holding the babygive someone the pushgive someone the elbowgive someone the big Earchaic:forsake
   • ▪ send (goods unsalable in the home market) to a foreign market for sale at a low price: "other countries dump steel in the US at below-market prices"
   • ▪ sell off (assets) rapidly: informal "investors dumped shares in scores of other consumer goods firms"
   • 2. copy (stored data) to a different location, especially so as to protect against loss.
   • ▪ print out or list the contents of (a store), especially after a system failure.
   • 3. tackle (a quarterback) before he can throw a pass.

   Word Origin Middle English: perhaps from Old Norse; related to Danish dumpe and Norwegian dumpa ‘fall suddenly’ (the original sense in English); in later use partly imitative; compare with thump.

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   Synonyms for DUMPED: left, ditched, abandoned, jilted, blew off, cut, broke off (with), kissed off; Antonyms of DUMPED: took, befriended, hooked up (with), latched (on or onto), adopted, used, employed, utilized.

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   Find 75 different ways to say DUMPED, along with antonyms, related words, and example sentences at Thesaurus.com.

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   Synonyms for DUMP: leave, ditch, blow off, abandon, cut, kiss off, jilt, break off (with); Antonyms of DUMP: take, hook up (with), befriend, latch (on or onto), adopt, use, embrace, take on

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   Need synonyms for dumped? Here's a list of similar words from our thesaurus that you can use instead. Contexts . Verb. (informal) To have gotten rid off. Past tense for to place or drop something somewhere, typically abruptly or forcefully. Past tense for to unload or empty out (from a container) … more . Verb. .

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   Dumped synonyms - 381 Words and Phrases for Dumped. dropped. v. , adj. # left. left. v. , adj. # left. ditched. v. # left , informal. abandoned. v. , adj. # left. leave. v. abandon. v. discarded. v. # left. deserted. v. , adj. # left. drop. v. discard. v. tossed. v. ditch. v. unload. v. quit. v. throw out. v. forsaken. adj. , v. deposit.

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   Synonyms for DUMPED: unloaded, ditched, emptied, chucked, dropped, scrapped, shucked, expelled, floored, transferred, exuded, junked; Antonyms for DUMPED: kept, saved, packed, maintained, filled, held, loaded.

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   verb. These are words and phrases related to dump. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of dump. The delivery boy dumped the groceries on the back porch. Synonyms. toss. drop heavily. unload carelessly. The truck dumped three loads of gravel on the driveway. Synonyms. unload. empty. dispose of.