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Meanings of dump in English

Portuguese
descargas descontroladas de resíduos
Catalan
abocador
Wikidata

A piece of land where waste materials are dumped.

      descargas descontroladas de resíduos
      Spanish
      derribar

      Knock down with force.

            derribar
            Portuguese
            merda

            A coarse term for defecation.

                  merda
                  Catalan
                  precipitar-se
                  Spanish
                  botar

                  Fall abruptly.

                        precipitar-se
                        Usage of dump in English
                        1
                        There are groups with the express purpose of planning illegal pump-and-dump schemes.
                        Wired
                        2
                        Investors are choosing to dump Italian assets now and ask questions later.
                        Reuters
                        3
                        It also requires getting state governments to dump stamp duty on homes.
                        The Guardian
                        4
                        The ranger pointed to another shaft-house and dump on the next hillside.
                        A Texas Ranger
                        5
                        The dump had been closed years ago, replaced by a treatment plant.
                        Darkness
                        6
                        From the kitchen came the dump of an iron, and cheerful singing.
                        K
                        7
                        One look at the plants we dump will give you the lie.
                        Plague Ship
                        8
                        Jennifer worried about him and urged him to dump the hospital job.
                        O+F
                        9
                        We can dump the stuff down a shaft or throw it away.
                        Heart of the West
                        10
                        But within a week, people came back to dump again, said Delihlazo.
                        The South African
                        11
                        He would sell the two hundred and dump more than that overboard.
                        Poor Man's Rock
                        12
                        An agency spokesman said Texas has authority over its new dump site.
                        Reuters
                        13
                        Coastal nuclear plants commonly dump water that contains tritium into the ocean.
                        The Guardian
                        14
                        The animals at the dump had built a handful of lookout points.
                        Amberville
                        15
                        Sometimes it was a coatless dump-boss blaspheming his toiling army of spick-a-dees.
                        Never-Fail Blake
                        16
                        But, for ski-junkies a fresh dump of snow could be good news.
                        Radio NZ
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                        Russian
                        дамп
                        Dump through the time
                        Dump across language varieties
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                        Common
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                        Common
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                        Common
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