dump /dʌmp/verb 10noun 19forms 3phrases 3 verb10 •To put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence, to unload from a cart by tilting itWe dumped the coal onto the fireplace. •to throw away or leave behind something that is no longer wanted •(informal) To end a romantic relationship with.Sarah dumped Nelson after finding out he was cheating on her. •(Australia) Of a surf wave, to crash a swimmer, surfer, etc., heavily downwards.Blowing like a grampus from every orifice, I leaned on a passing wave which dumped me[.] — 1980 •To release, especially in large quantities and chaotic manner. •To precipitate (especially snow) heavily. •To copy (data) from a system to another place or system, usually in order to archive it. •To output the contents of storage or a data structure, often in order to diagnose a bug. •To sell below cost or very cheaply; to engage in dumping. •(Scotland, no longer used) To knock heavily; to stump. noun19 •A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site. •(slang) An unpleasant, dirty, disreputable, unfashionable, boring, or depressing looking place.This place looks like a dump.Don't feel bad about moving away from this dump. •That which is dumped, especially in a chaotic way; a mess. •An act of dumping, or its result.The new XML dump is coming soon. •A formatted listing of the contents of program storage, especially when produced automatically by a failing program. •A pile of ore or rock. •(Internet) A disorganized collection of images posted on social media. •(slang, euphemistic) An act of defecation; a defecating.I have to take a dump. •[usually plural] A sad, gloomy state of the mind; sadness; melancholy; despondency.[…] doleful dumps the mind oppress […] — 1591 •A storage place for supplies, especially military. •A temporary display case that holds many copies of an item being sold.Mass displays to move goods in bulk are dotted here and there throughout the store, particularly at the ends of the gondolas, and considerable use is made of dump displays. — 1959 •A car or boat for dumping refuse, etc. •Absence of mind; reverie. •(Northern-England) A deep hole in a river bed; a pool. •(Australia, Canada) A small coin made by punching a hole in a larger coin (called a holey dollar). •(no longer used) A melancholy strain or tune in music; any tune.Tune a deploring dump […] — 1590 •(no longer used) An old kind of dance. •(UK, no longer used) A thick, ill-shapen piece. •(UK, no longer used) A lead counter used in the game of chuck-farthing.The capons were leaden representations of cocks and hens pitched at by leaden dumps. — 1825 formsdumped · dumping · dumps Phrases with dump dump onTo treat (someone) badly. dump one's loadTo ejaculate, cum, inseminate, or defecate dump outTo empty a container by turning its contents out over a surface.
