Englishئاساسىي لۇغەت
dump
Universal Words
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
