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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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