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Dump Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Dump? [n] (computer science) a copy of the contents of a computer storage device; sometimes used in debugging programs [n] a piece of land where waste materials are dumped [n] a coarse term for defecation; "he took a shit" [v] knock down with force; "He decked his opponent" [v] fall abruptly; "It plunged to the bottom of the well" [v] drop in a heap or mass [v] 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" [v] as of refuse; "No dumping in these woods!" [v] sell at artificially low prices Synonyms \| Synonyms for Dump: coldcock \| deck \| ditch \| dumpsite \| floor \| garbage dump \| knock down \| plunge \| rubbish dump \| shit \| trash dump \| underprice \| wasteyard Related Terms \| Find terms related to Dump: abandon \| abase \| abasement \| abash \| abjure \| abundance \| accumulation \| affront \| amassment \| ammo dump \| archives \| armory \| arsenal \| artillery park \| aspersion \| atomic arsenal \| atrocity \| attic \| Augean stables \| back answer \| backlog \| bank \| basement \| baste \| batter \| bay \| beat \| belabor \| bin \| bog \| bonded warehouse \| bookcase \| bordello \| box \| break bulk \| brickbat \| bring down \| bring low \| brothel \| budget \| buffet \| bunker \| buttery \| cargo dock \| cast \| cast aside \| cast away \| cast off \| cathouse \| caustic remark \| cede \| cellar \| cesspool \| chest \| chuck \| chuck out \| clear the trade \| clip joint \| cloaca \| cloaca maxima \| close out \| closet \| 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pile \| written matter Dump In Webster's Dictionary \Dump\, n. [See {Dumpling}.] A thick, ill-shapen piece; a clumsy leaden counter used by boys in playing chuck farthing. [Eng.] --Smart. \Dump\, n. [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 Cann[ae].'' --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}.] [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) A pile of ore or rock.

Dump Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dump?

[n] (computer science) a copy of the contents of a computer storage device; sometimes used in debugging programs
[n] a piece of land where waste materials are dumped
[n] a coarse term for defecation; "he took a shit"
[v] knock down with force; "He decked his opponent"
[v] fall abruptly; "It plunged to the bottom of the well"
[v] drop in a heap or mass
[v] 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"
[v] as of refuse; "No dumping in these woods!"
[v] sell at artificially low prices

Dump In Webster's Dictionary

\Dump\, n. [See {Dumpling}.]
A thick, ill-shapen piece; a clumsy leaden counter used by
boys in playing chuck farthing. [Eng.] --Smart.


\Dump\, n. [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 Cann[ae].'' --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}.] [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) A pile of ore or rock.

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