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Definition of Dumps
1. Noun. An informal expression for a mildly depressed state. "Have the mopes"
Definition of Dumps
1. Noun. (plural of dump) ¹
2. Verb. (third-person singular of dump) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dumps
1. dump [v] - See also: dump
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dumps
Literary usage of Dumps
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The City: Urban Communities and Their Problems by Alan S. Berger (1978)
"Open dumps As recently as 1965, 30 to 40 percent of cities with populations of
5000 or more used open dumps to dispose of solid wastes. ..."
2. Index of Mining Engineering Literature: Comprising an Index of Mining by Walter Richard Crane (1912)
"I. See also dumps, CRADLE, TIPPLES, Etc. Self-Dumping Cages See first volume of
Index. Skip dumps TYPES OF SKIP dumps IN NEW YORK IRON MINES. By GC Stoltz. ..."
3. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1907)
"dumps 2. Fig' shows the ordinary form of horn, or cradle, dump, which consists
of two short-length rails having their forward ends curved upwards in the ..."
4. The Design of Mine Structures by Milo Smith Ketchum (1912)
"Rotary dumps, Fig. 114, may be used in place of the cross-over tipples in ...
MINE CAR TIPPLES OR dumps.—The coal may be dumped from the mint cars (a) by ..."