dump

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)

OXFORD DICTIONARY

dump, n. & v.
--n.
1 a a place for depositing rubbish. b a heap of rubbish.
2 colloq. an unpleasant or dreary place.
3 Mil. a temporary store of ammunition, provisions, etc.
4 an accumulated pile of ore, earth, etc.
5 Computing a a printout of stored data. b the process or result of dumping data.
--v.tr.
1 put down firmly or clumsily (dumped the shopping on the table).
2 shoot or deposit (rubbish etc.).
3 colloq. abandon, desert.
4 Mil. leave (ammunition etc.) in a dump.
5 Econ. send (goods unsaleable at a high price in the home market) to a foreign market for sale at a low price, to keep up the price at home, and to capture a new market.
6 Computing a copy (stored data) to a different location. b reproduce the contents of (a store) externally.

Idiom

dump on esp. US criticize or abuse; get the better of. dump truck a truck with a body that tilts or opens at the back for unloading.

Etymology

ME perh. f. Norse; cf. Da. dumpe, Norw. dumpa fall suddenly

THESAURUS

dump

Augean stables, Parthian shot, abandon, abase, abasement, abash, abjure, abundance, accumulation, affront, amassment, ammo dump, archives, armory, arsenal, artillery park, aspersion, atomic arsenal, atrocity, attic, back answer, backlog, bank, basement, baste, batter, bay, beat, belabor, bin, bog, bonded warehouse, bookcase, bordello, box, break bulk, brickbat, bring down, bring low, brothel, budget, buffet, bunker, buttery, cargo dock, cast, cast aside, cast away, cast off, cathouse, caustic remark, cede, cellar, cesspool, chest, chuck, chuck out, clear the trade, clip joint, cloaca, cloaca maxima, close out, closet, collection, colluvies, comeback, comedown, commissariat, commissary, compost heap, conservatory, contempt, contumely, convert, convert into cash, cornucopia, crack, crate, crib, crush, cumulation, cupboard, cut, cut under, cutting remark, debase, debasement, deep-six, deflation, degrade, demean, den, den of thieves, deposit, depository, depot, descent, despite, dig, diminish, disburden, discard, discharge, disgorge, disgrace, dispense with, dispose of, ditch, dive, do without, dock, drain, drawer, drop, drub, dump on, dunghill, dustheap, effect a sale, eighty-six, eliminate, embarrassment, empty, enormity, exchequer, fleer, fleshpots, flout, flouting, foolery, forgo, forswear, garbage dump, get along without, get quit of, get rid of, get shut of, gibe, gibing retort, give away, give up, glory hole, godown, gun park, gyp joint, hammer, hangdog look, have done with, heap, hoard, hold, hole, hovel, humbled pride, humiliation, hutch, indignity, injury, insult, inventory, jab, jape, jeer, jeering, jest, jettison, jilt, job, joint, junk, junkyard, kiss good-bye, kitchen midden, lair, lam, lambaste, larder, leg-pull, letdown, library, liquidate, locker, lower, lumber room, lumberyard, magasin, magazine, make a sacrifice, make a sale, manure pile, market, marsh, mass, material, materials, materiel, merchandise, midden, mire, mixen, mock, mockery, mortification, move, munitions, off-load, offense, offload, outrage, park, part with, parting shot, pesthole, pigpen, pigsty, pile, plague spot, plenitude, plenty, provisionment, provisions, put down, put-down, put-on, quagmire, quip, quitclaim, rack, rations, recant, reduce, refuse heap, reject, relinquish, remove, render up, renounce, repertoire, repertory, repository, resell, reservoir, resign, retail, retract, rick, rookery, rubbish heap, rude reproach, sacrifice, scoff, scrap, scurrility, self-abasement, self-abnegation, self-diminishment, sell, sell off, sell on consignment, sell out, sell over, sell retail, sell short, sell up, sell wholesale, septic tank, set down, setdown, sewer, shame, shamefacedness, shamefastness, shelf, short answer, sink, slam, slap, slough, slum, spare, sporting house, stable, stack, stack room, stews, stock, stock room, stock-in-trade, stockpile, storage, store, storehouse, storeroom, stores, sty, sump, supplies, supply base, supply depot, supply on hand, surrender, swamp, swear off, swipe, take down, tank, taunt, tenement, terminate the account, the slums, throw away, throw down, throw out, throw over, throw overboard, throw up, tip, toss out, toss overboard, trash pile, treasure, treasure house, treasure room, treasury, trip up, tumbledown shack, turn into money, turn over, twit, unburden, uncomplimentary remark, undercut, undersell, unlade, unload, unpack, unship, vacate, vat, vault, verbal thrust, waive, wallop, warehouse, warren, wasteyard, wholesale, whorehouse, wine cellar, yield

ROGET THESAURUS

dump

Ejection

VB give exit, give vent to, let out, give out, pour out, squeeze out, send out, dispatch, despatch, exhale, excern, excrete, embogue, secrete, secern, extravasate, shed, void, evacuation, emit, open the sluices, open the floodgates, turn on the tap, extrude, detrude, effuse, spend, expend, pour forth, squirt, spirt, spurt, spill, slop, perspire, breathe, blow, tap, draw off, bale out, lade out, let blood, broach, eject, reject, expel, discard, cut, send to coventry, boycott, chasser, banish, bounce, fire, fire out, throw, throw out, throw up, throw off, throw away, throw aside, push, throw out, throw off, throw away, throw aside, shovel out, shovel away, sweep out, sweep away, brush off, brush away, whisk off, whisk away, turn off, turn away, send off, send away, discharge, send adrift, turn adrift, cast adrift, turn out, bundle out, throw overboard, give the sack to, send packing, send about one's business, send to the right about, strike off the roll, turn out neck and heels, turn out head and shoulders, turn out neck and crop, pack off, send away with a flea in the ear, send to Jericho, bow out, show the door to, turn out of doors, turn out of house and home, evict, oust, unhouse, unkennel, dislodge, unpeople, dispeople, depopulate, relegate, deport, empty, drain to the dregs, sweep off, clear off, clear out, clear away, suck, draw off, clean out, make a clean sweep of, clear decks, purge, embowel, disbowel, disembowel, eviscerate, gut, unearth, root out, root up, averuncate, weed out, get out, eliminate, get rid of, do away with, shake off, exenterate, vomit, throw up, regurgitate, spew, puke, keck, retch, heave, upchuck, chuck up, barf, belch out, cast up, bring up, be sick, get sick, worship the porcelain god, disgorge, expectorate, clear the throat, hawk, spit, sputter, splutter, slobber, drivel, slaver, slabber, eructate, drool, unpack, unlade, unload, unship, offload, break bulk, dump, be let out, spew forth, erupt, ooze.

Music

N music, concert, strain, tune, air, melody, aria, arietta, piece of music, work, number, opus, sonata, rondo, rondeau, pastorale, cavatina, roulade, fantasia, concerto, overture, symphony, variations, cadenza, cadence, fugue, canon, quodlibet, serenade, notturno, dithyramb, opera, operetta, oratorio, composition, movement, stave, passamezzo, toccata, Vorspiel, instrumental music, full score, minstrelsy, tweedledum and tweedledee, band, orchestra, concerted piece, potpourri, capriccio, vocal music, vocalism, chaunt, chant, psalm, psalmody, hymn, song, canticle, canzonet, cantata, bravura, lay, ballad, ditty, carol, pastoral, recitative, recitativo, solfeggio, Lydian measures, slow music, slow movement, adagio, minuet, siren strains, soft music, lullaby, dump, dirge, pibroch, martial music, march, dance music, waltz, solo, duet, duo, trio, quartet, quartett, septett, part song, descant, glee, madrigal, catch, round, chorus, chorale, antiphon, antiphony, accompaniment, second, bass, score, bourdon, drone, morceau, terzetto, composer, musician, musical, instrumental, vocal, choral, lyric, operatic, harmonious, Wagnerian, adagio, largo, larghetto, andante, andantino, alla capella, maestoso, moderato, allegro, allegretto, spiritoso, vivace, veloce, presto, prestissimo, con brio, capriccioso, scherzo, scherzando, legato, staccato, crescendo, diminuendo, rallentando, affettuoso, obbligato, pizzicato, desto, in notes by distance made more sweet, like the faint exquisite music of a dream, music arose with its voluptuous swell, music is the universal language of mankind, music's golden tongue, the speech of angels, will sing the savageness out of a bear, music hath charms to soothe the savage beast.