Meaning

10 senses

  1. (transitive)To release, especially in large quantities and chaotic manner.

    freisetzen

  2. (transitive)To discard; to get rid of something one no longer wants.

    loswerden, entsorgen

    выбра́сыватьvybrásyvatʹ, вы́броситьvýbrositʹ, выки́дыватьvykídyvatʹ

  3. (transitive)To sell below cost or very cheaply; to engage in dumping.

    verscherbeln

    сба́гритьsbágritʹ, сба́грилsbágril

    демпінгуватиdempinhuvaty

  4. (transitive)To copy (data) from a system to another place or system, usually in order to archive it.

    to dump the ROM from a rare Nintendo game cartridge

    kopieren

  5. (transitive)To output the contents of storage or a data structure, often in order to diagnose a bug.

  6. (informal, transitive)To end a romantic relationship with.

    Sarah dumped Nelson after finding out he was cheating on her.

    verlassen

    бросатьbrosatʹ, броситьbrositʹ

  7. (transitive)To put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence, to unload from a cart by tilting it

    We dumped the coal onto the fireplace.

  8. (US, transitive)To precipitate (especially snow) heavily.

  9. (Australia, transitive)Of a surf wave, to crash a swimmer, surfer, etc., heavily downwards.

  10. (Scotland, obsolete, transitive)To knock heavily; to stump.

    anklopfen

    knock down with force

Examples

365 sentences

  1. I hear Tom finally dumped you.

    Я чув, що Том врешті-решт розірвав із тобою стосунки. — deniko

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  2. She dumped him for a younger man.

    Вона кинула його заради молодшого чоловіка. — deniko

    ruОна бросила его ради мужика помоложе. — sharptoothed

    deSie hat ihn wegen eines jüngeren Mannes verlassen. — Manfredo

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  3. Tom has been dumped by his girlfriend.

    Тома кинула дівчина. — deniko

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  4. The truck dumped the sand on the ground.

    Вантажівка висипала пісок на землю. — deniko

    ruГрузовик высыпал песок на землю. — Hellerick

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  5. My girlfriend dumped me.

    Моя дівчина мене кинула. — deniko

    ruМоя девушка меня бросила. — marafon

    deMeine Freundin hat mich verlassen. — enteka

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to sell below cost or very cheaply:
Русский
By meaning 3
to discard, to get rid of:
to sell below cost or very cheaply:
to end a relationship:
Deutsch
By meaning 6
to release:
to discard, to get rid of:
to sell below cost or very cheaply:
to copy data from a system to another place or system:
to end a relationship:
to knock heavily:

Origin

From Middle English dumpen, dompen, probably from Old Norse dumpa (“to thump”) (whence Dan

From Middle English dumpen, dompen, probably from Old Norse dumpa (“to thump”) (whence Danish dumpe (“to fall suddenly”)), of uncertain origin, possibly imitative of falling, similar to thump.

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Forms

dumps, dumping, dumped, dumped
Base formdump · to dump
3rd person singulardumps
Present participledumping
Past simpledumped
Past participledumped

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydump
he, she, itdumps

Past simpleLesson

all personsdumped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave dumped
he, she, ithas dumped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill dump

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

46 synonyms
castB2chunkB2cookA1dashB2launchB1pegB2pickA1pitchB2projectB2shyA1slightB1skewC2thrillB2throwA2
Close in meaning

Word family

20 related words
Relateddumpingdumper
Derivedredumpantidumpingbook dumpingdumpabledumpagedump-and-bakedumpeedumping grounddumping syndromedump ondump outdumpstergranny dumpinghomeless dumpingmisdumpocean dumpingundumpedwater dumping

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
dumbfoundeddummydumplingdumpsterdunce
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