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Dump

/dʌmp/

A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site.

📖 Definitions of "Dump"

noun
  1. 1

    A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site.

    "A toxic waste dump."

  2. 2

    A car or boat for dumping refuse, etc.

  3. 3

    That which is dumped, especially in a chaotic way; a mess.

  4. 4

    An act of dumping, or its result.

    "The new XML dump is coming soon."

verb
  1. 1

    To release, especially in large quantities and chaotic manner.

  2. 2

    To discard; to get rid of something one does not want anymore.

  3. 3

    To sell below cost or very cheaply; to engage in dumping.

  4. 4

    To copy data from a system to another place or system, usually in order to archive it.

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