dump

Definitions


[dʌmp], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a site for depositing rubbish

- an unpleasant or dreary place
(e.g: 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


Phrases:

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


[dʌmp], (Verb)

Definitions:
- deposit or dispose of (rubbish, waste, or unwanted material), typically in a careless or hurried way
(e.g: trucks dumped 1,900 tons of refuse here)

- copy (stored data) to a different location, especially so as to protect against loss


Phrases:

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




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