dump
noun
[ dʌmp ]
• a site for depositing rubbish.
Similar:
refuse dump,
refuse heap,
dumping ground,
dustheap,
slag heap,
midden,
dunghill,
dung heap,
scrapyard,
tip,
rubbish tip,
rubbish dump,
rubbish heap,
junkyard,
nuisance grounds,
• an unpleasant or dreary place.
• "why are you living in a dump like this?"
• an act of copying stored data to a different location, performed typically as a protection against loss.
• an act of defecation.
dump
verb
• deposit or dispose of (rubbish, waste, or unwanted material), typically in a careless or hurried way.
• "trucks dumped 1,900 tons of refuse here"
Similar:
dispose of,
get rid of,
throw away,
throw out,
discard,
scrap,
bin,
jettison,
cast aside,
cast out,
fling out,
toss out,
ditch,
junk,
get shut of,
get shot of,
trash,
• copy (stored data) to a different location, especially so as to protect against loss.
Origin:
Middle English: perhaps from Old Norse; related to Danish dumpe and Norwegian dumpa ‘fall suddenly’ (the original sense in English); in later use partly imitative; compare with thump.
