Meaning of dump in English
Verb
dumpDefinitions
1. throw away as refuseExamples
- « No dumping in these woods! »
- 2. sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly
Examples
- « The company dumped him after many years of service »
- « She dumped her boyfriend when she fell in love with a rich man »
- 3. sell at artificially low prices
- 4. drop in a heap or mass
- 5. fall abruptly
Examples
- « It plunged to the bottom of the well »
- 6. knock down with force
Examples
- « He decked his opponent »
Noun
dumpEtymology
Middle English: perhaps from Old Norse; related to Danish dumpe and Norwegian dumpa‘fall suddenly’ (the original sense in English); in later use partly imitative; compare with thumpDefinitions
1. a coarse term for defecationExamples
- « he took a shit »
- 2. a piece of land where waste materials are dumped
- 3. (computer science) a copy of the contents of a computer storage device
Examples
- « sometimes used in debugging programs »