noun
- A coarse term for defecation.
- usage: "he took a shit"
- A piece of land where waste materials are dumped.
- synonyms: dump, garbage dump, trash dump, rubbish dump, wasteyard, waste-yard, dumpsite
- Computer science. ( a copy of the contents of a computer storage device; sometimes used in debugging programs)
- synonyms: dump
- A place where supplies can be stored.
- usage: "an ammunition dump"
- synonyms: dump
- An informal expression for a mildly depressed state.
- usage: "in the dumps"; "have the mopes"
- synonyms: mopes
verb
- Throw away as refuse.
- usage: "No dumping in these woods"
- synonyms: dump
- Sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly.
- usage: "The company dumped him after many years of service"; "She dumped her boyfriend when she fell in love with a rich man"
- Sell at artificially low prices.
- synonyms: dump, underprice
- Drop (stuff) in a heap or mass.
- usage: "The truck dumped the garbage in the street"
- synonyms: dump
- Fall abruptly.
- usage: "It plunged to the bottom of the well"
- Knock down with force.
- usage: "He decked his opponent"
- synonyms: deck, coldcock, dump, knock down, floor
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