(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ something somewhere, you put it or unload it there quickly and carelessly. (INFORMAL)
We ~ed our bags at the nearby Grand Hotel and hurried towards the market...
VERB: V n prep/adv
2.
If something is ~ed somewhere, it is put or left there because it is no longer wanted or needed. (INFORMAL)
The getaway car was ~ed near a motorway tunnel...
The government declared that it did not ~ radioactive waste at sea.
VERB: be V-ed, V n
~ing
German law forbids the ~ing of hazardous waste on German soil.
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3.
A ~ is a place where rubbish is left, for example on open ground outside a town.
...companies that bring their rubbish straight to the ~...
= tip
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4.
If you say that a place is a ~, you think it is ugly and unpleasant to live in or visit. (INFORMAL)
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5.
To ~ something such as an idea, policy, or practice means to stop supporting or using it. (INFORMAL)
Ministers believed it was vital to ~ the poll tax before the election.
= ditch
VERB: V n
6.
If a firm or company ~s goods, it sells large quantities of them at prices far below their real value, usually in another country, in order to gain a bigger market share or to keep prices high in the home market. (BUSINESS)
It produces more than it needs, then ~s its surplus onto the world market.
VERB: V n
7.
If you ~ someone, you end your relationship with them. (INFORMAL)
I thought he was going to ~ me for another girl...
= ditch
VERB: V n
8.
To ~ computer data or memory means to copy it from one storage system onto another, such as from disk to magnetic tape. (COMPUTING)
All the data is then ~ed into the main computer.
VERB: V n into n
9.
A ~ is a list of the data that is stored in a computer’s memory at a particular time. Dumps are often used by computer programmers to find out what is causing a problem with a program. (COMPUTING)
...a screen ~.
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