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Meaning of 'dump' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Dump [ n.]
- A thick, ill-shapen piece; a clumsy leaden counter used by boys in playing chuck farthing.
- A car or boat for dumping refuse, etc.
- A ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.
- That which is dumped.
- A pile of ore or rock.
2 . Dump [ v. t.]
- A dull, gloomy state of the mind; sadness; melancholy; low spirits; despondency; ill humor; -- now used only in the plural.
- Absence of mind; revery.
- A melancholy strain or tune in music; any tune.
- An old kind of dance.
- To knock heavily; to stump.
- 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.

Meaning of 'dump' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . dump [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a place where supplies can be stored
Example in sentence:
  • an ammunition dump
Meaning (2):
- a coarse term for defecation
Example in sentence:
  • he took a shit
3 . dump [ v]
Meaning (3):
- knock down with force
Example in sentence:
  • He decked his opponent
Meaning (4):
- fall abruptly
Example in sentence:
  • It plunged to the bottom of the well
Meaning (5):
- throw away as refuse
Example in sentence:
  • No dumping in these woods!
Meaning (6):
- sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly
Example in sentence:
  • She dumped her boyfriend when she fell in love with a rich man;
  • The company dumped him after many years of service
Meaning (7):
- drop (stuff) in a heap or mass
Example in sentence:
  • The truck dumped the garbage in the street

Nearby Words:

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