dump
Other forms: dumped; dumping; dumps
A dump is a place where trash is stored in piles and often buried underground. If you have an old bike that can't be repaired, you might take it to the dump.
Some towns have dumps where residents can freely dispose of garbage, while others require people to pay for the rubbish they bring. You can also call a dump a "landfill," but dump makes sense — it comes from the verb dump, "to toss, drop, or throw away." A figurative meaning of the word is to abruptly and unkindly break off a romantic relationship with someone: "It would be so mean to dump him on his birthday."
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a piece of land where waste materials are dumpedsynonyms: dumpsite, garbage dump, rubbish dump, trash dump, waste-yard, wasteyardtypes:eitchen midden, kitchen midden, midden(archeology) a mound of domestic refuse containing shells and animal bones marking the site of a prehistoric settlementgarbage heap, junk heap, junk pile, refuse heap, rubbish heap, scrapheap, trash heap, trash pilean accumulation of refuse and discarded mattertoxic dumpsite, toxic waste dump, toxic waste sitea location where toxic wastes can be or have been disposed of (often illegally)
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a place where supplies can be stored
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drop (stuff) in a heap or mass“The truck dumped the garbage in the street”type of:droplet fall to the ground
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throw away as refuse
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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”synonyms: ditch
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sell at artificially low pricessynonyms: underpricetype of:sellexchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
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knock down with forcesynonyms: coldcock, deck, floor, knock downtype of:beathit repeatedly
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fall abruptly
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a coarse term for defecation
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(computer science) a copy of the contents of a computer storage device; sometimes used in debugging programstypes:core dump(computer science) dump of the contents of the chief registers in the CPU; usually used for debuggingtype of:
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