| VERB | possession | dump | throw away as refuse |
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| possession | dump, ditch | sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly | |
| possession | dump, underprice | sell at artificially low prices | |
| motion | dump | drop (stuff) in a heap or mass | |
| motion | dump, plunge | fall abruptly | |
| contact | dump, deck, coldcock, knock down, floor | knock down with force | |
| NOUN | process | dump, shit | a coarse term for defecation |
| location | dump, garbage dump, trash dump, rubbish dump, wasteyard, waste-yard, dumpsite | a piece of land where waste materials are dumped | |
| communication | dump | (computer science) a copy of the contents of a computer storage device | |
| artifact | dump | a place where supplies can be stored |
| Sounds | dah'mp | |
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| Rhymes | bump ... trump: 18 rhymes with ahmp... | |
| Meaning | A coarse term for defecation. | |
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| Synonym | shit | |
| Broader | defecation, laxation, shitting | The elimination of fecal waste through the anus |
| Meaning | A piece of land where waste materials are dumped. | |
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| Synonyms | garbage dump, trash dump, rubbish dump, wasteyard, waste-yard, dumpsite | |
| Narrower | eitchen midden, midden, kitchen midden | (archeology) a mound of domestic refuse containing shells and animal bones marking the site of a prehistoric settlement |
| garbage heap, junk heap, rubbish heap, scrapheap, trash heap, junk pile, trash pile, refuse heap | An accumulation of refuse and discarded matter | |
| toxic waste dump, toxic waste site, toxic dumpsite | A location where toxic wastes can be or have been disposed of (often illegally) | |
| Broader | site, land site | The piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located) |
| Spanish | basural, basurero, escombrera, tiradero, vertedero, wasteyard | |
| Catalan | abocador, wasteyard | |
| Adjectives | dumpy | resembling a garbage dump |
| Verbs | dump | throw away as refuse |
| Meaning | (computer science) a copy of the contents of a computer storage device; sometimes used in debugging programs. | |
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| Category | computer science, computing | The branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures |
| Narrower | core dump | (computer science) dump of the contents of the chief registers in the CPU |
| Broader | copy, written matter | Matter to be printed |
| Spanish | vaciado de memoria | |
| Catalan | abocament de memòria | |
| Meaning | A place where supplies can be stored. | |
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| Example | "an ammunition dump" | |
| Broader | storehouse, depot, entrepot, storage, store | A depository for goods |
| Meaning | throw away as refuse. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "No dumping in these woods!" | |
| Broader | discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away | throw or cast away |
| Spanish | tirar desperdicios, verter | |
| Catalan | desfer-se de | |
| Nouns | dump | a piece of land where waste materials are dumped |
| Meaning | sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Examples |
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| Synonym | ditch | |
| Broader | get rid of, remove | dispose of |
| Meaning | sell at artificially low prices. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Synonym | underprice | |
| Broader | sell | Exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent |
| Nouns | dumping | selling goods abroad at a price below that charged in the domestic market |
| Meaning | Drop (stuff) in a heap or mass. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | They dump the books into the box | |
| Example | "The truck dumped the garbage in the street" | |
| Broader | drop | Let fall to the ground |
| Spanish | descargar, tirar, verter, volcar | |
| Catalan | abocar, descarregar, vessar | |
| Nouns | dumper | truck whose contents can be emptied without handling |
| Meaning | fall abruptly. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Synonym | plunge | |
| Broader | drop | To fall vertically |
| Similar to | dive, plunge, plunk | Drop steeply |
| Spanish | botar, desplomarse, precipitarse | |
| Catalan | precipitar-se | |
| Meaning | knock down with force. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | deck, coldcock, knock down, floor | |
| Broader | beat | hit repeatedly |
| Spanish | derribar, tumbar | |
| Catalan | tombar | |
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