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DUMP

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A place where supplies can be stored

Example:

an ammunition dump

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("dump" is a kind of...):

depot; entrepot; storage; store; storehouse (a depository for goods)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(computer science) a copy of the contents of a computer storage device; sometimes used in debugging programs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("dump" is a kind of...):

copy; written matter (matter to be printed; exclusive of graphical materials)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dump"):

core dump ((computer science) dump of the contents of the chief registers in the CPU; usually used for debugging)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A piece of land where waste materials are dumped

Synonyms:

dump; dumpsite; garbage dump; rubbish dump; trash dump; waste-yard; wasteyard

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("dump" is a kind of...):

land site; site (the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dump"):

eitchen midden; kitchen midden; midden ((archeology) a mound of domestic refuse containing shells and animal bones marking the site of a prehistoric settlement)

garbage heap; junk heap; junk pile; refuse heap; rubbish heap; scrapheap; trash heap; trash pile (an accumulation of refuse and discarded matter)

toxic dumpsite; toxic waste dump; toxic waste site (a location where toxic wastes can be or have been disposed of (often illegally))

Derivation:

dump (throw away as refuse)

dumpy (resembling a garbage dump)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A coarse term for defecation

Example:

he took a shit

Synonyms:

dump; shit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("dump" is a kind of...):

defecation; laxation; shitting (the elimination of fecal waste through the anus)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Knock down with force

Example:

He decked his opponent

Synonyms:

coldcock; deck; dump; floor; knock down

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "dump" is one way to...):

beat (hit repeatedly)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Fall abruptly

Example:

It plunged to the bottom of the well

Synonyms:

dump; plunge

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "dump" is one way to...):

drop (to fall vertically)

Verb group:

dive; plunge; plunk (drop steeply)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Sense 3

Meaning:

Drop (stuff) in a heap or mass

Example:

The truck dumped the garbage in the street

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "dump" is one way to...):

drop (let fall to the ground)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They dump the books into the box

Derivation:

dumper (truck whose contents can be emptied without handling; the front end of the platform can be pneumatically raised so that the load is discharged by gravity)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly

Example:

She dumped her boyfriend when she fell in love with a rich man

Synonyms:

ditch; dump

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "dump" is one way to...):

get rid of; remove (dispose of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 5

Meaning:

Throw away as refuse

Example:

No dumping in these woods!

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "dump" is one way to...):

cast aside; cast away; cast out; chuck out; discard; dispose; fling; put away; throw away; throw out; toss; toss away; toss out (throw or cast away)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

dump (a piece of land where waste materials are dumped)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Sell at artificially low prices

Synonyms:

dump; underprice

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "dump" is one way to...):

sell (exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

dumping (selling goods abroad at a price below that charged in the domestic market)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Jack Connerney published a paper that linked those narrow dark bands to the shape of Saturn’s enormous magnetic field, proposing that electrically charged ice particles from Saturn’s rings were flowing down invisible magnetic field lines, dumping water in Saturn’s upper atmosphere where these lines emerged from the planet.

(Saturn is Losing Its Rings, NASA)

Clinical signs may be seen 30-60 minutes after eating (early dumping): cramping, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea or they may be seen 1-3 hours later as a result of hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia (late dumping): sweating, dizziness, confusion and heart palpitations.

(Dumping syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

But his eyes, dimmed a little by many paintless days under sun and rain, brood on over the solemn dumping ground.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)

Suddenly one of these gypsies in trembling opal, seizes a cocktail out of the air, dumps it down for courage and moving her hands like Frisco dances out alone on the canvas platform.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)