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Definition of Dump
1. Noun. A coarse term for defecation. "He took a shit"
2. Verb. Throw away as refuse. "No dumping in these woods!"
3. Noun. A piece of land where waste materials are dumped.
Specialized synonyms: Eitchen Midden, Kitchen Midden, Midden, Garbage Heap, Junk Heap, Junk Pile, Refuse Heap, Rubbish Heap, Scrapheap, Trash Heap, Trash Pile, Toxic Dumpsite, Toxic Waste Dump, Toxic Waste Site
Generic synonyms: Land Site, Site
Derivative terms: Dumpy
4. Verb. Sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly. "She dumped her boyfriend when she fell in love with a rich man"
5. Noun. (computer science) a copy of the contents of a computer storage device; sometimes used in debugging programs.
Specialized synonyms: Core Dump
Generic synonyms: Copy, Written Matter
6. Verb. Sell at artificially low prices.
7. Noun. A place where supplies can be stored. "An ammunition dump"
8. Verb. Drop (stuff) in a heap or mass. "They dump the books into the box"; "The truck dumped the garbage in the street"
9. Verb. Fall abruptly. "It plunged to the bottom of the well"
Related verbs: Dive, Plunge, Plunk
Generic synonyms: Drop
Derivative terms: Plunge, Plunger
10. Verb. Knock down with force. "The fighter managed to dump his opponent"; "He decked his opponent"
Generic synonyms: Beat
Derivative terms: Floor, Floor, Knockdown
Definition of Dump
1. n. A thick, ill-shapen piece; a clumsy leaden counter used by boys in playing chuck farthing.
2. n. A dull, gloomy state of the mind; sadness; melancholy; low spirits; despondency; ill humor; -- now used only in the plural.
3. v. t. To knock heavily; to stump.
4. n. A car or boat for dumping refuse, etc.
Definition of Dump
1. to let fall heavily [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Dump
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1. A dull, gloomy state of the mind; sadness; melancholy; low spirits; despondency; ill humor; now used only in the plural. "March slowly on in solemn dump." (Hudibras) "Doleful dumps the mind oppress." (Shak) "I was musing in the midst of my dumps." (Bunyan)
The ludicrous associations now attached to this word did not originally belong to it. "Holland's translation of Livy represents the Romans as being in the dumps' after the battle of Cannae."
2. Absence of mind; revery.
3. A melancholy strain or tune in music; any tune. "Tune a deploring dump." "Play me some merry dump."
4. An old kind of dance.
Origin: Cf. Dial. Sw. Dumpin melancholy, Dan.dump dull, low, D. Dompig damp, G. Dumpf damp, dull, gloomy, and E. Damp, or rather perh. Dump, v. T. Cf. Damp, or Dump.
1. A car or boat for dumping refuse, etc.
2. A ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.
3. That which is dumped.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Dump
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