dump
A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site.
Noun 4 meanings
A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site.
“a toxic waste dump”
A car or boat for dumping refuse, etc.
That which is dumped, especially in a chaotic way; a mess.
An act of dumping, or its result.
“The new XML dump is coming soon.”
Verb 4 meanings
To release, especially in large quantities and chaotic manner.
To discard; to get rid of something one no longer wants.
To sell below cost or very cheaply; to engage in dumping.
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”
Etymology
From Middle English dumpen, dompen, probably from Old Norse dumpa (“to thump”) (whence Danish dumpe (“to fall suddenly”)), of uncertain origin, possibly imitative of falling, similar to thump.
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DUMP at a glance
DUMP has 4 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (D 2 + U 1 + M 3 + P 3) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,133 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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