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1. Throw away as refuse
   "No dumping in these woods!"
    
2. 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"
   - ditch
    
3. Sell at artificially low prices
   - underprice
    
4. Drop (stuff) in a heap or mass
   "The truck dumped the garbage in the street"
    
5. Fall abruptly
   - plunge
    
6. Knock down with force
   - deck, coldcock, knock down, floor

1. A coarse term for defecation
    
2. A piece of land where waste materials are dumped
   - garbage dump [N. Amer], trash dump [N. Amer], rubbish dump [Brit], wasteyard, waste-yard, dumpsite [N. Amer], tip [Brit]
    
3. (computer science) a copy of the contents of a computer storage device; sometimes used in debugging programs
    
4. A place where supplies can be stored
   "an ammunition dump"

Derived forms: dumped, dumping, dumps

See also: dumper, dumping, dumpy

Type of: beat, cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out, copy, defecation, depot, discard, dispose, drop, entrepot, fling, flog [Brit], get rid of, land site, laxation, put away, remove, sell, site, storage, store, storehouse, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out, written matter

Encyclopedia: Dump