1A site for depositing rubbish.

1. 1.1 A heap of rubbish left at a dump.
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   • The sons bring in some additional income, by looking for scrap metal on rubbish tips and scrap heaps or by digging coal from waste dumps and spoil heaps.
2. 1.2usually with modifier A place where a particular kind of waste, especially dangerous waste, is left.
   a nuclear waste dump

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   • A loony spider farm owner feeds his pets with crickets that have been contaminated in a nearby chemical waste dump.
   • Is it likely that Australia's going to need a high level waste dump as well?
   • Let me tell you, there's a reason that the mutant monsters in horror films generally come from one of two places, a nuclear waste dump or a sewer.
   • ‘It's impossible to have a nuclear power station without having a nuclear waste dump,’ he said.
   • He had argued with his boss that the managers of the European nuclear waste dump at La Hague in France should be warned, but he had been overruled.
   • Few know about the nuclear waste dump at 2229 Main Street.
   • The evidence starts to look more and more like foul play when Charlie discovers an illegal toxic waste dump right by the lake.
   • It's taken more than a decade to locate a suitable site for the nuclear dump, and the Federal Government is not about to give it up.
   • The South Australian Government is a strong ally, supporting their campaign to stop the radioactive waste dump from being established in the State.
   • The County and Swindon Borough councils propose to go ahead with building the new Wiltshire and Swindon Record Office on a proven toxic waste dump in Chippenham.
   • Are you in favour of a nuclear waste dump in the Northern Territory?
   • As it stands, there is no act that differentiates procedurally between mining in the Namib-Naukluft National Park and mining next to a toxic waste dump.
   • Hear from the man who chaired the public meeting in Linton as well as the councillor who could well have Victoria's newest toxic waste dump in his shire.
   • But the South Australian Parliament has already moved a Bill rejecting the facility as the first step towards a medium-level waste dump.
   • Some MPs also support a nuclear waste dump in the State.
   • The federal government has been forced to abandon its six-year push to build a national nuclear waste dump near Woomera in South Australia.
   • This mentality is not endemic to Taiwan, of course; people in America, for example, don't want a nuclear waste dump near them either.
   • Both the Labor Government and CLP Opposition last night agreed to fight any moves to locate a national nuclear waste dump here.
   • He raps in Tao about how angry his people are for having their homeland made into a nuclear waste dump.
   • When a public inquiry was held into the licensing of a proposed nuclear waste dump at Sellafield, bordering the Irish Sea, Ireland protested and made representations at the inquiry.
3. 1.3 A place where weapons and other military equipment is stored.
   an ammunitions dump

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   • Royal Marines sweeping the mountains have discovered a significant arms dump in a cave complex.
   • He added he would have needed four times more troops to search and secure all the ammo dumps he came across.
   • Military police had to stop them several times as ammunition dumps were blown to prevent capture.
   • The tent was within 10 feet of the ammo dump, which was a trailer that had been lowered into a hole in the ground.
   • There are no rail or road nets to attack, no ammunition dumps to bomb, no bridges to knock out.
   • The plentiful numbers of highly explosive targets, like gas tanks and ammo dumps, are strategic elements of sabotage.
   • Over the coming fortnight, The Daily Telegraph will accompany the Paras as they seek to drive out the insurgents, discover their arms dumps and win over the population.
   • Those unguarded ammo dumps became the arsenals of insurgency.
   • As a German possession during both world wars, it was an important naval base and munitions dump.
   • It appears in retrospect that we simply did not have enough troops on the ground at that time to guard those ammunition dumps.
   • And so from that, they learned don't destroy dumps as you go, make sure explosive-ordinance disposal and the proper personnel can evaluate specifically what's at each site.
   • At one point, MacRoberts volunteers his men to undertake a dangerous commando mission behind German lines in order to destroy an ammunition dump and so slow German progress.
   • In 1975 a major air offensive, again involving RAF pilots, lasted six weeks destroying ammunition dumps and command and control centres, resupply convoys, gun emplacements and heavy artillery.
   • Why haven't the ammo dumps been blown up?
   • Captured Allied dumps certainly provided supplies in enormous quantities, but it was only too tempting for the exhausted and hungry German troops to pause and enjoy them.
   • Whenever we saw an anti-aircraft battery or munitions dump, we took it out.
   • Details of the locations of munitions dump sites are readily available.
   • The conditions at the ammunition dump considerably worsened the scale of the disaster.
   • After undertaking preliminary study, participants tour airfields, command posts, ammunition dumps, and battlefields where airpower played a role.
   • Their last rounds detonated a hidden munitions dump, shaking the entire fortress and hurling artillery shells over the walls, while burning rockets shot in all directions.

2informal An unpleasant or dreary place.

3Computing
An act of copying stored data to a different location, performed typically as a protection against loss.

1. 3.1 A printout or list of the contents of a computer's memory, occurring typically after a system failure.
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   • Trouble is, the raw dump consists entirely of memory addresses.
   • It is worth noting that IMAP is a text-based protocol, so a simple ASCII dump of the packet contents is an appropriate way to show them.
   • Instead of file system dumps, this data set contained specific file system information such as changed files, inode information, and important log files.
   • We say it'll take two weeks, then get the temp to just copy the asset numbers over from a dump I'll grab out of the asset database.

4vulgar slang An act of defecation.

1Deposit or dispose of (rubbish, waste, or unwanted material), typically in a careless or hurried way.

1. 1.1 Abandon (something) hurriedly in order to make an escape.
   the couple dumped the car and fled

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   • It was dumped in a hotel car park two miles from the Eurostar railway station at Ashford.
   • Just 20 lads are causing mayhem stealing hundreds of cars, tearing round estate roads and then dumping the vehicles on backstreets.
   • The stolen goods would be cached and the vehicle would be dumped near the location where they had stolen it.
   • He dragged her body from his car, dumping it in undergrowth where it would not immediately be discovered.
   • Nationally, 310,000 cars were dumped and abandoned - up 37 per cent.
   • Let me go to you, Greg, on this issue of dumping the car, license plates found, abandoned in the field.
   • They are putting bags into the boots of cars and dumping them, under cover of darkness on the sides of roads, river banks or in derelict or unused areas.
   • To mass large numbers of ground forces where he could dump chemical and biological weapons on it is not only unwise, it's criminal and it's stupid.
   • They made their escape before dumping the car at Claire Road industrial estate in Kirby.
   • After shaking off the owner of the van, who was unhurt but shocked, the thieves then dumped the car in Sible Hedingham and escaped in a blue truck.
   • The negative value of scrap metal means it costs owners to have their cars taken away so cars are dumped instead and the cost of scrapping them falls to the taxpayer.
   • Smugglers who saw the warship sailing towards them dumped their illegal cargo and escaped back to Colombian waters after a Lynx helicopter from the vessel tracked them down.
   • But pressure groups say that this could force motorists to dump their cars rather than face a bill.
   • After the attack the men made off with the cash box in a stolen car before dumping their loot along with balaclavas, gloves and a screwdriver in a nearby park.
2. 1.2 Put (something) down heavily or carelessly.
   she dumped her knapsack on the floor

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   • He nudged her, catching up with her as she broke away from the group to get her water supply from where she'd dumped her bag onto one of the nearby park benches.
   • Immediately they both ripped open their first stick and dumped the sugar in their mouths.
   • I parked the trolley and grabbed up the paper, dumping it unceremoniously on top of the counter, and started flicking through it.
   • She quickly shoved the cookie into the bag, and dumped the rest of them in there.
   • ‘Make yourselves comfortable,’ said Raphael as he dumped his bag carelessly on the sofa.
   • With a squeal of pleasure, she fell upon the black sack and ripped it open, dumping the contents on the ground.
   • She walked over in a rush to her table, and dumped her bag heavily on the floor next to her.
   • She carelessly dumped her books and pens on the table and, aggravated, slumped into the expensive chair.
   • But right then, a careless maid dumped a bucket of too-cold water into her tub.
   • Jackson had just dumped his bags on the floor, rather carelessly.
   • He dumped a heavy rucksack on the floor and stuck his hands into the pockets of his jeans.
   • James flung the magnum open and dumped the used casings, deftly replacing them with fresh rounds.
   • She dumped her bag next to her chair and plonked all her food on the table.
   • He dumped the food onto a plate and stuck it in the microwave.
   • He walked over to the teacher's desk and dumped his books on it, plonked himself into the chair, and surveyed the class.
   • Carelessly, she dumped her lunch out, its contents spilling all across the floor.
   • ‘Um, yeah,’ she answered, dumping her books on her desk and dropping her backpack with a sigh of relief.
   • I dumped my bag on the floor and plunked myself on the bed, too tired to move.
   • He casually tipped the chair next to him where he had dumped the pieces of the pictures, and the pieces fell quietly onto the floor beneath the chair.
   • Collette dumped her bag by her bed and dropped onto the sheets.

   Synonyms

   put down, lay down, set down, deposit, place, put, unload

   drop, let fall, throw down, fling down

   informal stick, park, plonk, shove, pop

   British informal bung

   North American informal plunk

   archaic unlade

   rare posit
3. 1.3informal Abandon or desert (someone)
   you'll get tired of me and dump me

   Example sentencesExamples

   • I guess he really does care about his girlfriend dumping him after all.
   • He'd been really lax since his girlfriend dumped him.
   • When my last boyfriend dumped me, I began this site; through this site, I met Alex.
   • It's really embarrassing, and I'm afraid my girlfriend will dump me if I keep this up.
   • You know, a little less than two weeks ago my biggest problem was that my girlfriend dumped me because she thought I was checking out some other girl.
   • After your boyfriend dumps you to run off and join the Society of Friends, you may wish to banish or change your emotions before that big meeting about your promotion with the VP later today.
   • Her boyfriend had dumped her, the staff at the newspaper had bailed on her, yet still she managed to keep up appearances, as if nothing was wrong.
   • At least that's why my last two girlfriends dumped me.
   • I was jealous of my best friend, who had just dumped the girl I was falling for.
   • But, her boyfriend dumped her before it and she's taking me instead.
   • When my college boyfriend dumped me it took me over a year to get right in the head over it.
   • The youngest daughter gets a boyfriend, he dumps her.
   • We found out later this guy's girlfriend had just dumped him.
   • When her boyfriend dumps her, you are secretly delighted.
   • At around the same time, his long-term girlfriend dumped him and he had a traumatic first - and only - encounter with his sister.
   • In no time flat, all of his friends leave him, his girlfriend dumps him, his belongings are repossessed, and his home is foreclosed.
   • If my boyfriend dumps me, I'm only picking up a block of tofu if I can throw it at his head.
   • I'm not going to fall for his charm just to get dumped a week later.
   • Just don't pick it up after your girlfriend dumps you, or your dog dies - I won't be held responsible for the consequences.
   • My boyfriend dumped me about two weeks ago because ‘it wasn't working out.’

   Synonyms

   abandon, desert, leave, leave in the lurch, leave high and dry, turn one's back on, jilt, break up with, finish with, cast aside, throw over

   informal walk out on, run out on, rat on, drop, ditch, chuck, give someone the elbow, give someone the old heave-ho, leave someone holding the baby

   British informal give someone the push, give someone the big E

   archaic forsake
4. 1.4 Send (goods unsaleable in the home market) to a foreign market for sale at a low price.
   these countries have been dumping cheap fertilizers on the UK market

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Foreign firms would dump their products on the U.S. market to drive their U.S. competitors out of business.
   • The theory of international trade in imperfectly competitive markets suggests that dumping in the sense of international price discrimination should not be a matter of concern.
   • But Japanese and American manufacturers charge both Korean companies with dumping D-Ram chips on the world market.
   • It has been well documented that the U.S. and the EU are dumping onto international markets on a wide scale.
   • Shelved product was getting dumped onto the market like toxic waste, and the big budget productions played it so safe that they wound up being less than garbage.
   • With an increase in production of 20 per cent and no export during the months from March to June, all the produce is now being dumped in the local market.
   • These foreign companies dump into the developing markets what actually is not doing well in their own home markets.
   • It says it's unfair to link them with foreign steel dumping, even their machinery was used to treat steel would it have to be retreat bid the time it made it to the United States.
   • They battled foreign producers that were dumping steel in the U.S. market at money-losing prices.
   • The sericulture sector in the country is on a revival after going through a tough phase of low production due to droughts and fall in prices on account of dumping of cheap silk from China.
   • The administration said foreign countries have been dumping shrimp at deeply discounted prices.
   • They have their own justifications - such as the large-scale dumping of cheap steel on the US market in the wake of the Asian crisis.
5. 1.5informal Sell off (assets) rapidly.
   investors dumped shares in scores of other consumer-goods firms

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   • Now, new research suggests insiders begin dumping stock over two years before a company's earnings fall.
   • He is their second biggest shareholder after them, and if he were to suddenly dump his shares the group's value would plummet.
   • Ignore if you will the obvious danger that insurance companies may soon be forced to start dumping shares into a falling market in order to maintain their solvency margins.
   • They dumped those shares four years ago after what it calls a pattern of labor problems.
   • At a time when investors are dumping shares in some of Europe's biggest cable operators, the company boasts an enviable roster of backers.
   • Investors dumped the shares in August after it revealed a-close-to $20m revenue miss.
   • Hence when a company is dropped a fund manager may be automatically required to dump the stock with a consequent negative impact on the share price.
   • Investors, meanwhile, are reassessing their portfolios and dumping shares.
   • They will then stop trying to slowly leak dollar conversions and U.S. bond sales into the market and will rush to dump many of their dollar holdings all at once in an effort to beat the crowd.
   • Jittery investors dumped it as a result, sending its shares down 5.6 per cent.
   • And in the last half-hour of that day's trading, one institutional investor dumped more than one million shares.
   • Any employee would have lost big by dumping his shares for, say, a balanced stock fund.
   • It is certainly true that cost cutting across the company's operations and the dumping of non-performing assets is responsible for a major part of its profits.
   • Automatic trading systems used by institutional investors began dumping stock when shares fell sharply on news of the blasts, creating an opportunity for other investors.
   • It dumped stock while it was telling the public to go grab some more.
   • Reports claim investors dumped him because they were concerned over his desire to expand into jet services.
   • The extent to which investors have been dumping shares has reflected the depth of investor concern about future prospects.
   • Does that mean you should dump all of the large-cap funds and replace them with real estate and small-company investments?
   • Some critics complain that any such bailout would aggravate the market's decline by encouraging investors to dump even more losers.
   • Both companies had been trying to dump underperforming non-core assets to tidy up their portfolios.

2Computing
Copy (stored data) to a different location, especially so as to protect against loss.

1. 2.1 Print out or list the contents of (a store), especially after a system failure.
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   • The last parameters mean the filesystem should not be dumped and checked in the second order.