dump

dump¹ [dʌmp] v [T]

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1¦(put something somewhere)¦

2¦(get rid of something)¦

3¦(end relationship)¦

4¦(sell goods)¦

5¦(copy information)¦

Phrasal verbs

　dump on somebody

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[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: Perhaps from Dutch dompen 'to put in water, throw down']

1.) ¦(PUT SOMETHING SOMEWHERE)¦ [always + adverb/preposition]

to put something somewhere in a careless untidy way

▪ Merrill dumped her suitcase down in the hall.

dump sth on sth

▪ They dump tons of salt on icy road surfaces to make driving safer.

dump sth in/into sth

▪ He found a can of beef stew and dumped it in a saucepan to heat.

2.) ¦(GET RID OF SOMETHING)¦

a) to get rid of something that you do not want

▪ Ellie dumped all the photos of her ex-husband.

▪ He dumped her body into the sea.

b) to get rid of waste material by taking it from people's houses and burying it under the soil

▪ Britain dumps more of its waste than any other European country.

3.) ¦(END RELATIONSHIP)¦ informal

to end a relationship with someone

▪ Vicky dumped Neil yesterday.

4.) ¦(SELL GOODS)¦

to get rid of goods by selling them in a foreign country at a much lower price

dump in/on

▪ a campaign to stop cheap European beef being dumped in West Africa

5.) ¦(COPY INFORMATION)¦

technical to copy information stored in a computer's memory on to something else such as a ↑disk or ↑magnetic tape

→↑dumping

dump on [dump on sb] phr v

1.) dump sth on sb

to unfairly give someone an unwanted job, duty, or problem to deal with

▪ Don't just dump the extra work on me.

2.) AmE to treat someone badly

3.) AmE to criticize someone very strongly and often unfairly

▪ politicians dumping on their opponents

4.) dump (sth) on sb

to tell someone all your problems and worries

▪ We all dump our troubles on Mike.

dump ²

dump² n

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1¦(waste)¦

2¦(weapons)¦

3¦(unpleasant place)¦

4 down in the dumps

5¦(computer)¦

6 take a dump

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1.) ¦(WASTE)¦

a place where unwanted waste is taken and left

rubbish dump

BrE /garbage dump AmE

▪ The fire probably started in a rubbish dump.

▪ Put the rest into a sack to take to the dump .

▪ an underground nuclear waste dump

▪ a dump site

2.) ¦(WEAPONS)¦

a place where military supplies are stored, or the supplies themselves

▪ There has been a series of explosions in an ammunition dump.

3.) ¦(UNPLEASANT PLACE)¦ informal

a place that is unpleasant to live in because it is dirty, ugly, untidy etc

▪ ' What a dump ,' she added as they entered the village.

▪ Why are you living in a dump like this?

4.) down in the dumps informal

very sad and without much interest in life

▪ She's feeling a bit down in the dumps.

5.) ¦(COMPUTER)¦

technical the act of copying the information stored in a computer's memory onto something else, such as a ↑disk

▪ a screen dump

6.) take a dump

informal not polite to pass solid waste from the ↑bowels