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Definition of dump
transitive verb
1a : to let fall in or as if in a heap or mass dumped his clothes on the bedb : to get rid of unceremoniously or irresponsibly got dumped by his girlfriendc : jettison an airplane dumping gasoline
2 slang : to knock down : beat the man rushed out and dumped him — John Corry
3 : to sell in quantity at a very low price; specifically : to sell abroad at less than the market price at home
4 : to copy (data in a computer's internal storage) to an external storage or output device
5a : to hit or throw short and softly dump a pass to a running back dump a bunt down the lineb : to hit (a puck) deep into the opponent's zone in ice hockey
intransitive verb
1 : to fall abruptly : plunge
2 : to dump refuse
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Examples of dump in a Sentence
You can dump the coats on the bed.
I dumped the coffee down the drain.
The murderer dumped the body in the river.
Recent Examples of dump from the Web
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Ahhh! Orange County's 10WAVY reports that17 people were in the hot air balloon's basket when some unexpected wind swept them off course from their landing and dumped them in the water.
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Blue KC cited $100 million in losses on the exchange and uncertainty surrounding congressional efforts to dump and replace, or reform, Obamacare.
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Heartbroken from being dumped by his girlfriend on the eve of his documentary shoot, director Ross McElwee continues his project re-tracing the original route followed by General William Sherman.
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All carbs, simple and complex, ultimately are digested all the way down to glucose and then dumped into the bloodstream.
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This year, June comes on the heels of a record-breaking wet season that dumped nearly 4 feet of rain on Seattle.
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Together, these events create around 6,000 carcasses and 1,100 tons of dead meat—roughly like dumping ten blue whales into the river every year.
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As Subalusky and her colleagues report in this week’s issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, about 6500 animals drown each year, dumping 10 blue whales’ worth of meat into the river.
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Experiments with elephants have shown that even without a dense coat of fur, animals their size build up a great deal of heat quickly and often rely on behavioral solutions – like traveling at night, or wallowing in water – to dump heat.
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Origin and Etymology of dump
perhaps from Middle Dutch dompen to immerse, topple; akin to Old Norse dumpa to thump, fall suddenly
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Definition of dump
1a : an accumulation of refuse and discarded materialsb : a place where such materials are dumped
2a : a quantity of reserve materials accumulated at one placeb : a place where such materials are stored ammunition dump
3 : a disorderly, slovenly, or objectionable place
4 : an instance of dumping data stored in a computer
5 often vulgar : an act of defecation —usually used with take
Examples of dump in a Sentence
We bring our trash to the town dump on Saturdays.
all of the used packaging eventually ends up in the dump
Recent Examples of dump from the Web
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Just four years later, Howard found himself being traded away in a salary dump.
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New York City is gradually transforming its largest trash dump, Fresh Kills on Staten Island, into a vast expanse of parkland and restored natural areas.
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A colleague got him to shore, and flagged down a dump truck, which took Stewart to a hospital.
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The driver of the dump truck, which was registered to Harry Brown Trucking Inc., of Hebron, was not injured in the crash.
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The chemicals apparently had leached into the water from waste dumps, where the company disposed of the chemicals, ending in the 1970s.
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Three possessions later, Tapan put the public team up, 24-21, on a timely dump.
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The latter came after Sandburg setter Connor Kelly put the Eagles on top with a dump and a block on consecutive plays.
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A man paving a private driveway in Whiteford suffered life-threatening injuries when he was struck by a dump truck Tuesday afternoon, according to Harford County fire and EMS officials.
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1784
First Known Use of dump
1784
DUMP Defined for English Language Learners
dump
playDefinition of dump for English Language Learners
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: to put (something) somewhere in a quick and careless way
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: to leave or get rid of (something or someone) quickly or without concern
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: to end a romantic relationship with (someone)
dump
Definition of dump for English Language Learners
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: a place where waste (such as trash) is taken and left
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: a place where military supplies are stored
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: a messy, dirty, and unpleasant place
DUMP Defined for Kids
Definition of dump for Students
dumped
;dumping
1 : to let fall in a heap He dumped his clothes on the bed.
2 : to get rid of You can't just dump trash anywhere.
Definition of dump for Students
1 : a place for getting rid of trash
2 : a place for storage of military materials or the materials stored an ammunition dump
3 : a messy or shabby place We lived in a dump back then.
Law Dictionary
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Legal Definition of dump
: to sell in quantity at a very low price; specifically : to sell abroad at less than the market price at home
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