dump

B1
Pronunciation
/dÊŒmp/
Noun
18 definition(s)
1 Definition

A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site.

Example Sentences
  • A toxic waste dump.
2 Definition

A car or boat for dumping refuse, etc.

3 Definition

That which is dumped, especially in a chaotic way; a mess.

4 Definition

An act of dumping, or its result.

Example Sentences
  • The new XML dump is coming soon.
5 Definition

A formatted listing of the contents of program storage, especially when produced automatically by a failing program

6 Definition

A storage place for supplies, especially military.

7 Definition

An unpleasant, dirty, disreputable, unfashionable, boring or depressing looking place.

Example Sentences
  • Don't feel bad about moving away from this dump.
8 Definition

(often with the verb "take") An act of defecation; a defecating.

Example Sentences
  • I have to take a dump.
9 Definition

(usually in the plural) A sad, gloomy state of the mind; sadness; melancholy; despondency

10 Definition

Absence of mind; revery.

11 Definition

A pile of ore or rock.

12 Definition

A melancholy strain or tune in music; any tune.

13 Definition

An old kind of dance.

14 Definition

A small coin made by punching a hole in a larger coin (called a holey dollar).

15 Definition

A temporary display case that holds many copies of an item being sold.

16 Definition

A thick, ill-shapen piece.

17 Definition

A lead counter used in the game of chuck-farthing.

18 Definition

A deep hole in a river bed; a pool.

Verb
9 definition(s)
1 Definition

To release, especially in large quantities and chaotic manner.

2 Definition

To discard; to get rid of something one does not want anymore.

3 Definition

To sell below cost or very cheaply; to engage in dumping.

4 Definition

To copy data from a system to another place or system, usually in order to archive it.

5 Definition

To output the contents of storage or a data structure, often in order to diagnose a bug.

6 Definition

To end a relationship with.

7 Definition

To knock heavily; to stump.

8 Definition

To put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence, to unload from a cart by tilting it

Example Sentences
  • We dumped the coal onto the fireplace.
9 Definition

To precipitate (especially snow) heavily.