Dump (band)
WordNet

noun


(1)   A place where supplies can be stored
"An ammunition dump"
(2)   (computer science) a copy of the contents of a computer storage device; sometimes used in debugging programs
(3)   A piece of land where waste materials are dumped
(4)   A coarse term for defecation
"He took a shit"

verb


(5)   Knock down with force
"He decked his opponent"
(6)   Fall abruptly
"It plunged to the bottom of the well"
(7)   Drop (stuff) in a heap or mass
"The truck dumped the garbage in the street"
(8)   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"
(9)   Throw away as refuse
"No dumping in these woods!"
(10)   Sell at artificially low prices
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Etymology


Akin to Old Norse ( > Danish )

Noun



  1. A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.
    A toxic waste dump.
  2. A car or boat for dumping refuse, etc.
  3. That which is dumped, especially in a chaotic way; a mess.
  4. An act of dumping, or its result.
    The new XML dump is coming soon.
  5. A storage place for supplies, especially military.
  6. An unpleasant, dirty, disreputable, or unfashionable, boring or depressing looking place.
    This place looks like a dump.
    Don't feel bad about moving away from this dump.
  7. An act of defecation.
    To take a dump.
  8. A dull, gloomy state of the mind; sadness; melancholy; low spirits; despondency; ill humor (usually plural).
    March slowly on in solemn dump. -- Hudibras.
    Doleful dumps the mind oppress. --
    I was musing in the midst of my dumps. --John Bunyan.
  9. Absence of mind; revery.
  10. A pile of ore or rock.
  11. A melancholy strain or tune in music; any tune.
    Tune a deploring dump.
    Play me some merry dump. --
  12. An old kind of dance.
  13. A small coin made by punching a hole in a larger coin.

Verb



  1. To release, especially in large quantities and chaotic manner.
  2. To discard; to get rid of something one does not want anymore.
  3. To copy data from a system to another place or system, usually in order to archive it.
  4. (informal) To end a relationship with.
  5. To knock heavily; to stump.
  6. 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.
  7. To precipitate (esp. snow) heavily.
 
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