dump

UK /dʌmp/ US /dʌmp/
noun 8verb 5name 2

Definitions

noun

1

A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site.

a toxic waste dump

2

A car or boat for dumping refuse, etc.

3

That which is dumped, especially in a chaotic way; a mess.

4

That which is dumped, especially in a chaotic way; a mess.

5

An act of dumping, or its result.

The new XML dump is coming soon.

verb

1

To release, especially in large quantities and chaotic manner.

2

To discard; to get rid of something one no longer wants.

The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania.[…]It was used to make kerosene, the main fuel for artificial lighting after overfishing led to a shortage of whale blubber. Other liquids produced in the refining process, too unstable or smoky for lamplight, were burned or dumped.

3

To sell below cost or very cheaply; to engage in dumping.

4

To copy (data) from a system to another place or system, usually in order to archive it.

to dump the ROM from a rare Nintendo game cartridge

5

To output the contents of storage or a data structure, often in order to diagnose a bug.

noun

1

A thick, ill-shapen piece.

2

A lead counter used in the game of chuck-farthing.

The capons were leaden representations of cocks and hens pitched at by leaden dumps.

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