| Front | dump |
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| Back | dump verb, noun BrE /dʌmp/ NAmE /dʌmp/ verb verb forms word origin thesaurus example bank get rid of 1 ~ sth to get rid of sth you do not want, especially in a place which is not suitable Too much toxic waste is being dumped at sea. The dead body was just dumped by the roadside. 2 ~ sb/sth (on sb) (informal) to get rid of sb/sth or leave them for sb else to deal with He's got no right to keep dumping his problems on me. 3 ~ sth (business) to get rid of goods by selling them at a very low price, often in another country put down 4 ~ sth to put sth down in a careless or untidy way Just dump your stuff over there—we'll sort it out later. end relationship 5 ~ sb (informal) to end a romantic relationship with sb Did you hear he's dumped his girlfriend? computing 6 ~ sth to copy information and move it somewhere to store it see drop/dump sth in sb's lap at lap n. ˈdump on sb (informal, especially NAmE) to criticize sb severely or treat them badly noun word origin example bank see also dumps for waste 1 a place where waste or rubbish/garbage is taken and left: (BrE) a rubbish dump (NAmE) a garbage dump the municipal dump a toxic/nuclear waste dump 2 (also ˈmine dump) (SAfrE) a hill that is formed when waste sand from the production of gold is piled in one place over a period of time dirty place 3 (informal, disapproving) a dirty or unpleasant place How can you live in this dump? for weapons 4 a temporary store for military supplies an ammunition dump computing 5 an act of copying data stored in a computer; a copy or list of the contents of this data see also screen dump waste from body 6 [countable] (slang) an act of passing waste matter from the body through the bowels to have a dump |
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