dump (verb)
1dump — I. /dʌmp / (say dump) verb (t) 1. to throw down in a mass; fling down or drop heavily: *Heavy rain is expected to be dumped on the Western Australian Goldfields today as tropical cyclone Monty makes its way south. –abc online, 2004. 2. to empty… …
2dump — [dʌmp] verb [transitive] 1. to put waste in a particular place, especially illegally LAW : • 11 million gallons of crude oil were illegally dumped into Prince William Sound. 2. to sell something that you do not want: • But before you call your… …
3dump- — *dump germ., schwach. Verb: nhd. einsinken; ne. sink (Verb); Etymologie: s. ing. *dʰumb , Substantiv, Vertiefung, Höhle, Tümpel, Pokorny 267; vergleiche idg …
4dump — ► NOUN 1) a site for depositing rubbish or waste. 2) a heap of rubbish left at a dump. 3) informal an unpleasant or dreary place. 4) Military a temporary store of weaponry or provisions. 5) Computing an act of dumping stored data. ► VERB 1) …
5dump core — verb To generate a core dump. Traditionally, UNIX and UNIX like systems have dumped core or provided a binary output of their state upon crashing …
6dump on — verb To dump (finish a relationship with someone) …
7dump out — verb To discard, to throw away, to toss out …
8dump — [[t]dʌ̱mp[/t]] ♦♦♦ dumps, dumping, dumped 1) VERB If you dump something somewhere, you put it or unload it there quickly and carelessly. [INFORMAL] [V n prep/adv] We dumped our bags at the nearby Grand Hotel and hurried towards the market... [V n …
9dump — dump1 [ dʌmp ] verb transitive ** ▸ 1 place something carelessly ▸ 2 get rid of someone/something ▸ 3 leave someone with someone else ▸ 4 end relationship ▸ 5 sell goods at low price ▸ 6 copy information ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) INFORMAL to put something …
10dump — 1 verb 1 PUT STH SOMEWHERE (transitive always + adv/prep) to put something such as a load, bag etc somewhere in a careless, untidy way: dump sth in/on/there etc: Who dumped all these books on my desk? 2 GET RID OF (T) to get rid of someone or… …
