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   dump

   /dʌmp/

   noun

   • 1. a site for depositing rubbish. Similar refuse dumprefuse heapdumping grounddustheapslag heapmiddendunghilldung heapscrapyardtiprubbish tiprubbish dumprubbish heapjunkyardnuisance grounds
   • ▪ a heap of rubbish 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 "why are you living in a dump like this?" Similar hovelshackslumshantymessinformal:holepigsty
   • 3. an act of copying 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 (rubbish, 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
   • ▪ abandon (something) hurriedly in order to make an escape: "the couple dumped the car and fled"
   • ▪ put (something) down heavily or 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 unsaleable in the home market) to a foreign market for sale at a low price: "these countries have been dumping cheap fertilizers on the UK market"
   • ▪ 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.

   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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   • DUMP definition: 1. to put down or drop something in a careless way: 2. to get rid of something unwanted…. Learn more.

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   What is dumping slang?

   • 1. A place where refuse is dumped: a garbage dump; a nuclear waste dump. 2. A storage place for goods or supplies; a depot: an ammunition dump. 3. An unordered accumulation; a pile. 4. Computers An instance or the result of dumping stored data. 5. Slang A poorly maintained or disreputable place. 6. Vulgar Slang An act of defecating.

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   What does it mean if a place is a dump?

   • A dump is a place where rubbish is left, for example on open ground outside a town. ...companies that bring their rubbish straight to the dump. The walled garden was used as a dump. If you say that a place is a dump, you think it is ugly and unpleasant to live in or visit. 'What a dump!' Christabel said, standing in the doorway of the youth hostel.

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   What does it mean if something is dumped somewhere?

   • If something is dumped somewhere, it is put or left there because it is no longer wanted or needed. The government declared that it did not dump radioactive waste at sea. [VERB noun] German law forbids the dumping of hazardous waste on German soil. A dump is a place where rubbish is left, for example on open ground outside a town.

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     to get rid of something unwanted, especially by leaving it...

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   to get rid of something unwanted, especially by leaving it in a place where it is not allowed to be: Toxic chemicals continue to be dumped into the river. Several old cars had been dumped near the beach. The tax was so unpopular that the government decided to dump it. [ T ] to sell unwanted goods very cheaply, usually in other countries:

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