dump
Speech parts
1. dump - Noun
2. dump - Verb
3. Dump - Proper noun
Meaning
A thick, ill-shapen piece; a clumsy leaden counter used by boys in playing chuck farthing.
A dull, gloomy state of the mind; sadness; melancholy; low spirits; despondency; ill humor; -- now used only in the plural.
Absence of mind; revery.
A melancholy strain or tune in music; any tune.
An old kind of dance.
To knock heavily; to stump.
To put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence, to unload from a cart by tilting it; as, to dump sand, coal, etc.
A ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.
That which is dumped.
A pile of ore or rock.
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A group of politicians deciding to dump a President because his morals are bad is like the Mafia getting together to bump off the Godfather for not going to church on Sunday.
Youngsters of the age of two and three are endowed with extraordinary strength. They can lift a dog twice their own weight and dump him into the bathtub.
Do not dump your woes upon people - keep the sad story of your life to yourself. Troubles grow by recounting them.
Metaphorically, the body becomes a machine to be driven or a garbage dump to be avoided. At the same time, the magnificent Mother in whose womb we live is mindlessly poisoned and raped. Surely, our insane denial has to be perceived and acted upon.
A woman can raise you to heaven and can dump you in hell.
Never dump your old pot just because you have bought a new one.