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[noun] a piece of land where waste materials are dumped
[noun] a coarse term for defecation; "he took a shit"
[verb] knock down with force; "He decked his opponent"
[verb] fall abruptly; "It plunged to the bottom of the well"
[verb] drop in a heap or mass
[verb] sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly; "The company dumped him after many years of service"; "She dumped her boyfriend when she fell in love with a rich man"
[verb] as of refuse; "No dumping in these woods!"
[verb] sell at artificially low prices
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\Dump\, n. [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}, v. t.] 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. Note: 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 Cann[ae].'' --Trench. 2. Absence of mind; revery. --Locke. 3. A melancholy strain or tune in music; any tune. [Obs.] ``Tune a deploring dump.'' ``Play me some merry dump.'' --Shak. 4. An old kind of dance. [Obs.] --Nares.
\Dump\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dumped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dumping}.] [OE. dumpen to throw down, fall down, cf. Icel. dumpa to thump, Dan. dumpe to fall suddenly, rush, dial. Sw. dimpa to fall down plump. Cf. {Dump} sadness.] 1. To knock heavily; to stump. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. 2. 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. [U.S.] --Bartlett. {Dumping car} or {cart}, a railway car, or a cart, the body of which can be tilted to empty the contents; -- called also {dump car}, or {dump cart}.
\Dump\, n. 1. A car or boat for dumping refuse, etc. 2. A ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc. 3. That which is dumped. 4. (Mining) A pile of ore or rock.
Synonyms for dump
coldcock, deck, ditch, dumpsite, floor, garbage dump, knock down, plunge, rubbish dump, shit, trash dump, underprice, wasteyard
See also: beat | cast aside | cast away | cast out | chuck out | copy | core dump | defecation | discard | dispose | drop | eitchen midden | fling | garbage heap | get rid of | junk heap | junk pile | kitchen midden | land site | laxation | midden | put away | refuse heap | remove | rubbish heap | scrapheap | sell | shitting | site | throw away | throw out | toss | toss away | toss out | toxic dumpsite | toxic waste dump | toxic waste site | trash heap | trash pile | written matter |
Related terms: artillery park, atomic arsenal, basement, bonded warehouse, bookcase, brothel, contumely, cornucopia, cumulation, degrade, discharge, empty, flout, godown, indignity, joint, library, locker, mire, mock, Parthian shot, rack, reject, sell off, sell over, stack, surrender, unload, unship, warren
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Let's analyse "dump" as pure text. This string has Four letters in One syllable and One vowel. 25% of vowels is 13.6% less then average English word. Written in backwards: PMUD. Average typing speed for these characters is 1045 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
dump: 3 = 3, reduced: 3 . and the final result is Three. |
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