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DUMP
dump
(noun) a place where supplies can be stored; “an ammunition dump”
dump
(noun) (computer science) a copy of the contents of a computer storage device; sometimes used in debugging programs
dump, garbage dump, trash dump, rubbish dump, wasteyard, waste-yard, dumpsite
(noun) a piece of land where waste materials are dumped
shit, dump
(noun) a coarse term for defecation; “he took a shit”
deck, coldcock, dump, knock down, floor
(verb) knock down with force; “He decked his opponent”
plunge, dump
(verb) fall abruptly; “It plunged to the bottom of the well”
dump
(verb) drop (stuff) in a heap or mass; “The truck dumped the garbage in the street”
dump, ditch
(verb) sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly; “The company dumped him after many years of service”; “She dumped her boyfriend when she fell in love with a rich man”
dump
(verb) throw away as refuse; “No dumping in these woods!”
dump, underprice
(verb) sell at artificially low prices
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
dump (plural dumps)
A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site.
A car or boat for dumping refuse, etc.
That which is dumped, especially in a chaotic way; a mess.
(computing) An act of dumping, or its result.
(computing) A formatted listing of the contents of program storage, especially when produced automatically by a failing program
A storage place for supplies, especially military.
An unpleasant, dirty, disreputable, unfashionable, boring or depressing looking place.
(vulgar, slang, often with the verb "take", euphemism) An act of defecation; a defecating.
(usually, in the plural) A sad, gloomy state of the mind; sadness; melancholy; despondency
Absence of mind; revery.
(mining) A pile of ore or rock.
(obsolete) A melancholy strain or tune in music; any tune.
(obsolete) An old kind of dance.
(historical, Australia, Canada) A small coin made by punching a hole in a larger coin (called a holey dollar).
(marketing) A temporary display case that holds many copies of an item being sold.
Verb
dump (third-person singular simple present dumps, present participle dumping, simple past and past participle dumped)
(transitive) To release, especially in large quantities and chaotic manner.
(transitive) To discard; to get rid of something one does not want anymore.
(transitive) To sell below cost or very cheaply; to engage in dumping.
(transitive, computing) To copy data from a system to another place or system, usually in order to archive it.
(transitive, computing) To output the contents of storage or a data structure, often in order to diagnose a bug.
(transitive, informal) To end a relationship with.
(transitive) To knock heavily; to stump.
(transitive, US) To put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence, to unload from a cart by tilting it
(transitive, US) To precipitate (especially snow) heavily.
Synonyms
• See also junk
Etymology 2
Noun
dump (plural dumps)
(UK, archaic) A thick, ill-shapen piece.
(UK, archaic) A lead counter used in the game of chuck-farthing.
Etymology 3
Noun
dump (plural dumps)
(Northern England) A deep hole in a river bed; a pool.
Proper noun
Dump
A surname.
Source: Wiktionary
Dump, n. Etym: [See Dumpling.]
Definition: A thick, ill-shapen piece; a clumsy leaden counter used by boys in playing chuck farthing. [Eng.] Smart.
Dump, n. Etym: [Cf. dial. Sw. dumpin melancholy, Dan.dump dull, low, D. dompig damp, G. dumpf damp, dull, gloomy, and E. damp, or rather perh. dump, v. t. Cf. Damp, or Dump, v. t.]
1. A dull, gloomy state of the mind; sadness; melancholy; low spirits; despondency; ill humor; -- now used only in the plural. March slowly on in solemn dump. Hudibras. Doleful dumps the mind oppress. Shak. I was musing in the midst of my dumps. Bunyan.
Note: The ludicrous associations now attached to this word did not originally belong to it. "Holland's translation of Livy represents the Romans as being `in the dumps' after the battle of Cannæ." Trench.
2. Absence of mind; revery. Locke.
3. A melancholy strain or tune in music; any tune. [Obs.] "Tune a deploring dump." "Play me some merry dump." Shak.
4. An old kind of dance. [Obs.] Nares.
Dump, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dumped; p. pr. & vb. n. Dumping.] Etym: [OE. dumpen to throw down, fall down, cf. Icel. dumpa to thump, Dan. dumpe to fall suddenly, rush, dial. Sw. dimpa to fall down plump. Cf. Dump sadness.]
1. To knock heavily; to stump. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
2. To put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence, to unload from a cart by tilting it; as, to dump sand, coal, etc. [U.S.] Bartlett. Dumping car or cart, a railway car, or a cart, the body of which can be tilted to empty the contents; -- called also dump car, or dump cart.
Dump, n.
1. A car or boat for dumping refuse, etc.
2. A ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.
3. That which is dumped.
4. (Mining)
Definition: A pile of ore or rock.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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