Dump - English meaning

noun

A receptacle in which to deposit rubbish.

Usage examples:

Bin wagons, rubbish bins and boxes are all in line for a major shake-up to smooth the way for kerbs…

verb

Throw (something) away by putting it in a bin.

Usage examples:

Piles of junk that should have been binned years ago

prefix

Variant form of bi- before a vowel (as in binaural ).

phrasal verb

Throw or cast away

phrasal verb

To get rid of someone or something, especially forcefully

Usage examples:

Cast out by his family, he was forced to fend for himself.

verb

Get rid of (someone or something) as no longer useful or desirable.

Usage examples:

Hilary bundled up the clothes she had discarded

noun

A thing rejected as no longer useful or desirable.

Usage examples:

Caught by bottom-trawling, which causes damage to the seabed, and is part of a complex mixed fisher…

verb

Anything that is cast aside

noun

A narrow channel dug at the side of a road or field, to hold or carry away water.

Usage examples:

Their car went out of control and plunged into a ditch

verb

Provide with a ditch or ditches.

Usage examples:

He was praised for ditching the coastal areas

verb

A long narrow excavation in the earth

noun

A heap of dung or refuse, especially in a farmyard.

Usage examples:

The clothing and bedding of plague victims are particularly dangerous, as are wooden buildings, ear…

noun

A small pile of solid animal waste

collocation

Dispose of

phrase

Take action so as to be free of (a troublesome or unwanted person or thing)

Usage examples:

We have been campaigning to get rid of the car tax for 20 years

idiom

To find a way to make someone leave because you do not want the person to be with you any longer

Usage examples:

We finally got rid of my little sister by telling her scary stories., i can’t wait to get rid of th…

phrase

To get rid of or free of something, or to leave something

Usage examples:

I can't wait to get shot of this office for a week., i suspect he left home to get shot of that awf…

noun

A hollow place in a solid body or surface.

Usage examples:

The dog had dug a hole in the ground

verb

Make a hole or holes in.

Usage examples:

A fuel tank was holed by the attack and a fire started

noun

An empty space in an object, usually with an opening to the object's surface, or an opening that goes completely through an object

Usage examples:

Dig a hole we dug a hole and planted the tree., hole in my jumper's got a hole in it., drill a hole…

noun

A small squalid or simply constructed dwelling.

Usage examples:

People were living in rat-infested hovels

noun

A small home, esp. one that is dirty and in bad condition

Usage examples:

Their house was little more than a hovel.

noun

A small home that is dirty and in bad condition

verb

Throw or drop (something) from an aircraft or ship.

Usage examples:

Six aircraft jettisoned their loads in the sea

noun

The action of jettisoning something.

Usage examples:

The jettison lever

verb

To throw away or get rid of something that is not wanted or needed

Usage examples:

Some of her material will probably be jettisoned for the tv show., the bombs were jettisoned over t…

noun

Old or discarded articles that are considered useless or of little value.

Usage examples:

The cellars are full of junk

verb

Discard or abandon unceremoniously.

Usage examples:

Sort out what could be sold off and junk the rest

noun

A flat-bottomed sailing vessel of a kind typical of china and the east indies, with a prominent stem and lugsails.

Usage examples:

There is some evidence for development of robust, high-seas sailing junks in china by thirteenth ce…

noun

A place where scrap is collected before being recycled or discarded; a scrapyard.

Usage examples:

Specifically, motor vehicles deployed within the region were susceptible to explosive attacks, and …

noun

A place, often a large open area, where useless or unwanted items are left, and sometimes sold

noun

A place to which people take large things such as old furniture or machines that they no longer want

noun

A dirty or untidy state of things or of a place.

Usage examples:

She made a mess of the kitchen

verb

Make untidy or dirty.

Usage examples:

She scratched her head, messing her hair still further

noun

A dunghill or refuse heap.

Usage examples:

David mcomish started talking about east chisenbury on salisbury plain, which is a midden of refuse…

noun

A heap (= large pile) of animal waste, or waste material thrown away by human beings in the past

Usage examples:

It was customary for dung and bedding to be rotted for up to a year in a midden before spreading on…

noun

A pen or enclosure for a pig or pigs.

Usage examples:

As reported by reuters, for example, the european union directive supposedly required farmers to ‘p…

noun

An enclosed area where pigs are kept

Usage examples:

Your bedroom's a pigsty!

noun

A small piece or amount of something, especially one that is left over after the greater part has been used.

Usage examples:

I scribbled her address on a scrap of paper

verb

Discard or remove from service (a redundant, old, or inoperative vehicle, vessel, or machine), especially so as to convert it to scrap metal.

Usage examples:

A bold decision was taken to scrap existing plant

verb

Engage in a minor fight or quarrel.

Usage examples:

The older boys started scrapping with me

noun

A place where old vehicles and machines are collected and either sold or prepared for being used again

noun

A roughly built hut or cabin.

Usage examples:

In tents, shacks, log cabins and frame dwellings, pioneers gathered together for protection.

verb

Move in or live with someone as a lover.

Usage examples:

They won't believe i've shacked up with someone so good-looking

noun

A simple, small building

Usage examples:

The family lived in a one-room shack.

noun

A small, crudely built shack.

Usage examples:

They were replaced by shanties and shacks built of nothing more than clapboard or wattle and daub w…

noun

A song with alternating solo and chorus, of a kind originally sung by sailors while performing physical labour together.

Usage examples:

At copley, he also exhibited a continuous 80 slide projection, coupled with an audiotape, showing a…

noun

A small, badly built house, usually made from pieces of wood, metal, or cardboard, in which poor people live

Usage examples:

He lived in a little shanty in the desert, miles from anything else.

noun

A squalid and overcrowded urban street or district inhabited by very poor people.

Usage examples:

Inner-city slums

verb

Spend time at a lower social level than one's own through curiosity or for charitable purposes.

Usage examples:

He bought some second-hand clothes, and slummed among the metropolis's underprivileged

collocation

Throw or cast away

phrasal verb

Discard something as unwanted.

Usage examples:

I threw out all the old torn clothes

phrasal verb

(of a court, legislature, or other body) dismiss or reject something brought before it.

Usage examples:

The charges were thrown out by the magistrate

noun

The pointed or rounded end or extremity of something slender or tapering.

Usage examples:

George pressed the tips of his fingers together

verb

Attach to or cover the end or extremity of.

Usage examples:

The peaks of the mountains were tipped with snow

noun

A place where rubbish is left.

Usage examples:

A rubbish tip

noun

Waste material; refuse.

Usage examples:

The subway entrance was blocked with trash

verb

Damage or destroy.

Usage examples:

My apartment's been totally trashed

noun

Anything that is worthless and of low quality; waste

Usage examples:

We filled three cans with trash from the garage., i simply trash that kind of mail., some people se…