dump
/dʌmp/
verb
- To drop or put something down in a careless or quick way.
- She dumped her backpack on the floor as soon as she got home.
- Don't just dump your clothes on the chair; hang them up.
- He dumped the groceries on the kitchen counter.
- To get rid of something you do not want, especially waste or garbage.
- The company was fined for illegally dumping toxic waste.
- Please dump the leftover food in the compost bin.
- We need to dump this old furniture before we move.
- To end a romantic relationship with someone.
- I can't believe you dumped him over text message.
- She decided to dump her boyfriend after he forgot her birthday.
- He was heartbroken when his girlfriend dumped him.
- To sell a large amount of goods quickly, often at a low price.
- They dumped all the extra stock during the clearance sale.
- Some countries accuse others of dumping cheap steel on the global market.
- The company dumped its old inventory at a huge discount.
- To copy or transfer data from one computer system to another.
- The technician dumped the database onto an external hard drive.
- He dumped the memory contents to a file for debugging.
- You can dump the log files into a text document for analysis.
Antonyms
noun
- A place where garbage or waste is taken and left.
- They took the old tires to the town dump.
- The dump was closed for the holiday weekend.
- Birds circled above the dump looking for food.
- A place that is messy, dirty, or in very bad condition.
- That old hotel is a dump; I wouldn't stay there.
- After the party, the house looked like a dump.
- His room is a total dump — there are clothes everywhere.
- An act of getting rid of something or putting it down.
- The rain caused a sudden dump of water from the dam.
- The truck made a quick dump of the gravel and drove away.
- We need to schedule a dump of the old files from the server.