dump

verb, noun verb [VN] get rid of 1 to get rid of sth you do not want, especially in a place which is not suitable: Too much toxic waste is being dumped at sea. * The dead body was just dumped by the roadside. 2 ~ sth (on sb) (informal) to get rid of sb/sth or leave them for sb else to deal with: He's got no right to keep dumping his problems on me. 3 (business) to get rid of goods by selling them at a very low price, often in another country put down 4 to put sth down in a careless or untidy way: Just dump your stuff over there-we'll sort it out later. end relationship 5 (informal) to end a romantic relationship with sb: Did you hear he's dumped his girlfriend? computing 6 to copy information and move it somewhere to store it IDIOMS see LAPn. PHRASALVERBS dump on sb (AmE) to criticize sb severely or treat them badly noun-see also DUMPS for waste 1 a place where waste or rubbish/garbage is taken and left: the municipal dump * a toxic / nuclear waste dump dirty place 2 (informal, disapproving) a dirty or unpleasant place: How can you live in this dump? for weapons 3 a temporary store for military supplies: an ammunition dump computing 4 an act of copying data stored in a computer; a copy or list of the contents of this data: a screen dump (= a copy of what is on a computer screen) waste from body 5 [C] (slang) an act of passing waste matter from the body through the bowels: to have a dump