DUMP


Meaning of DUMP in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ garbage ( esp. AmE ), refuse , rubbish ( BrE ), trash ( AmE ), waste

the cleaning up of a toxic waste ~

▪ nuclear

▪ city , town

DUMP + NOUN

▪ site

Local residents have organized a protest against the planned ~ site.

▪ truck ( AmE )

PREPOSITION

▪ at a/the ~

Radioactive waste has been found at the ~.

▪ to a/the ~

They took the mattress to the ~.

▪ ~ for

a new ~ for nuclear waste

II.

verb

ADVERB

▪ illegally , legally

The company had illegally ~ed toxic waste.

▪ unceremoniously

They carried him down to the beach and ~ed him unceremoniously in the freezing water.

▪ quickly

▪ simply

The waste is often simply ~ed overboard.

▪ at sea ( esp. BrE ), in the ocean ( esp. AmE ), overboard

The sewage was ~ed at sea.

▪ down

He ~ed the boxes down in the kitchen.

Dump is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ bag , ↑ boyfriend , ↑ bucket , ↑ car , ↑ chemical , ↑ content , ↑ fuel , ↑ garbage , ↑ load , ↑ pile , ↑ refuse , ↑ remains , ↑ rubbish , ↑ sewage , ↑ share , ↑ suitcase , ↑ trash , ↑ waste

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