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Dump
dʌmp
- a site for depositing rubbish
- a heap of rubbish left at a dump
- a place where a particular kind of waste, especially dangerous waste, is left
"a nuclear waste dump"
- a place where weapons and other military equipment is stored
"an ammunitions dump"
- an unpleasant or dreary place
"why are you living in a dump like this?"
- an act of copying stored data to a different location, performed typically as a protection against loss
- a printout or list of the contents of a computer's memory, occurring typically after a system failure
- an act of defecation
- deposit or dispose of (rubbish, waste, or unwanted material), typically in a careless or hurried way
"trucks dumped 1,900 tons of refuse here"
dispose of get rid of throw away throw out discard scrap bin jettison cast aside cast out fling out toss out- abandon (something) hurriedly in order to make an escape
"the couple dumped the car and fled"
- put (something) down heavily or carelessly
"she dumped her knapsack on the floor"
- abandon or desert (someone)
"you'll get tired of me and dump me"
- send (goods unsaleable in the home market) to a foreign market for sale at a low price
"these countries have been dumping cheap fertilizers on the UK market"
- sell off (assets) rapidly
"investors dumped shares in scores of other consumer goods firms"
- copy (stored data) to a different location, especially so as to protect against loss
- print out or list the contents of (a store), especially after a system failure