1. to release or throw down in a large mass.
2. to empty (material) out of a container or vehicle: dumped the load of stones.
3. to empty out (a container or vehicle), as by overturning or tilting.
4. to get rid of; discard: a fine for dumping trash on public land; dumped the extra gear overboard.
5. informal to discard or reject unceremoniously: dump an old friend.
6. to place (goods or stock, for example) on the market in large quantities and at a low price.
7. computer science to transfer (data stored internally in a computer) from one place to another, as from a memory to a printout, without processing.
8. slang to knock down; beat.
9. to fall or drop abruptly.
10. to discharge cargo or contents; unload.
11. slang to criticize another severely: was always dumping on me.
12. A place where refuse is dumped: a garbage dump; a nuclear waste dump.
13. A storage place for goods or supplies; a depot: an ammunition dump.
14. an unordered accumulation; a pile.
15. computer science an instance or the result of dumping stored data.
16. slang A poorly maintained or disreputable place.
17. vulgar slang an act of defecating. often used with take.

1. A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.
2. A car or boat for dumping refuse, etc.
3. that which is dumped, especially in a chaotic way; a mess.
4. an act of dumping, or its result.
5. A storage place for supplies, especially military.
6. an unpleasant, dirty, disreputable, or unfashionable, boring or depressing looking place.
7. an act of defecation; a defecating.
8. A dull, gloomy state of the mind; sadness; melancholy; low spirits; despondency; ill humor (usually plural).
9. absence of mind; revery.
10. A pile of ore or rock.
11. A melancholy strain or tune in music; any tune.
12. an old kind of dance.
13. (australia) A small coin made by punching a hole in a larger coin.
14. to release, especially in large quantities and chaotic manner.
15. to discard; to get rid of something one does not want anymore.
16. (computing) to copy data from a system to another place or system, usually in order to archive it.
17. (informal) to end a relationship with.
18. to knock heavily; to stump.
19. (us) to put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence, to unload from a cart by tilting it; as, to dump sand, coal, etc.
20. (us) to precipitate (especially snow) heavily.

1. A thick, ill-shapen piece; a clumsy leaden counter used by boys in playing chuck farthing.
2. A dull, gloomy state of the mind; sadness; melancholy; low spirits or a mild depression; despondency; ill humor; -- now used only in the plural.
3. absence of mind; revery.
4. A melancholy strain or tune in music; any tune.
5. an old kind of dance.
6. A car or boat for dumping refuse, etc.
7. A ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.
8. that which is dumped.
9. A pile of ore or rock.
10. a coarse term for defecation.
11. to knock heavily; to stump.
12. to put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence, to unload from a cart by tilting it

1. to throw down violently; plunge; tumble.
2. to put or throw down, as a mass or load of anything; unload; especially, to throw down or cause to fall out by tilting up a cart: as, to dump a stickful of type (said by printers); to dump bricks, or a load of brick.
3. to plunge into.
4. to knock heavily.
5. to fall or plunge down suddenly.
6. to unload a cart by tilting it up; dispose of a refuse load by throwing it out at a certain place: as, you must not dump there.
7. in printing, to remove type from the stick and place it on the galley: as, where shall I dump?
8. to press closely; subject to severe pressure, as bales of wool. [australia.]
9. A dull, gloomy state of the mind; sadness; melancholy; sorrow; heaviness of heart: as, to be in the dumps.
10. meditation; reverie.
11. plural twilight.
12. A slow dance with a peculiar rhythm.
13. music for such a dance.
14. any tune.
15. the sound of a heavy object falling; a thud.
16. anything short, thick, and heavy.
17. hence A clumsy medal of lead formerly made by casting in moist sand; specifically, a leaden counter used by boys at chuckfarthing and similar games.
18. A small coin of australia.
19. plural money; “chink.”
20. A place for the discharge of loads from carts, trucks, etc., by dumping; a place of deposit for offal, rubbish, or any coarse material.
21. the pile of matter so deposited; specifically, the pile of refuse rock around the mouth of a shaft or adit-level.
22. A nail. see the extract.
23. A deep hole filled with water.

1. a place where supplies can be stored
2. fall abruptly
3. a piece of land where waste materials are dumped
4. sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly
5. a coarse term for defecation
6. (computer science) a copy of the contents of a computer storage device; sometimes used in debugging programs
7. throw away as refuse
8. knock down with force
9. sell at artificially low prices
10. drop (stuff) in a heap or mass