dumps
/dʌmps/
verb
- Third person singular form of dump: to drop or unload something carelessly or in a pile.
- She dumps the old papers into the recycling bin without sorting them.
- He always dumps his backpack on the floor when he gets home.
- The truck dumps a load of gravel at the construction site every morning.
noun
- A place where garbage or waste is taken and left.
- The city is trying to close the illegal dumps near the river.
- The old tires were taken to the town dumps for disposal.
- They found an abandoned couch at the dumps behind the factory.
- A state of feeling sad, depressed, or unhappy (used in the phrase 'in the dumps').
- After losing the game, he was really in the dumps.
- Don't stay in the dumps—let's go out and have some fun.
- She's been in the dumps ever since her cat ran away.
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