Antonyms for dump
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : duhmp |
| Phonetic Transcription : dÊŒmp |
Definition of dump
Origin :- early 14c., "throw down or fall with force," perhaps from a Scandinavian source (cf. Danish dumpe, Norwegian dumpa "to fall suddenly"). The sense of "unload en masse" is first recorded in American English 1784. That of "discard, abandon" is from 1919. Related: Dumped; dumping. Dump truck is from 1930.
- noun junkyard
- noun slummy establishment
- verb drop, throw away
- From the kitchen came the dump of an iron, and cheerful singing.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- And I said that it seemed an unhealthy thing to dump all our refuse so close to the city.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- For just before us under the dump was a cave with walls of papers and rags.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- I certainly didn't do it to help them dump germ-cultures on Weald!
- Extract from : « Pariah Planet » by Murray Leinster
- He'd destroyed the lethal bacterial cultures they'd been ordered to dump on Weald.
- Extract from : « Pariah Planet » by Murray Leinster
- It will put you there in a dump, and you must embark before noon.
- Extract from : « The Island Mystery » by George A. Birmingham
- Dump the whole rotten mess into the fire, Jerry, and be done with it.
- Extract from : « The Million-Dollar Suitcase » by Alice MacGowan
- I would take a can and knife and go from dump to dump gathering the gold in these dumplings.
- Extract from : « Old Rail Fence Corners » by Various
- One may send much to a dump, but little ever seems to be got back.
- Extract from : « The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 » by F.L. Morrison
- You know Hugh would scold if he heard you were playing in the dump lot.
- Extract from : « Rosemary » by Josephine Lawrence
Synonyms for dump
- ash heap
- cast
- cesspool
- chuck
- clear out
- deep-six
- deposit
- depot
- discard
- discharge
- dispose of
- ditch
- drain
- dumping ground
- eject
- empty
- evacuate
- expel
- exude
- fling
- fling down
- garbage lot
- get rid of
- hole
- hovel
- jettison
- joint
- junk
- junk pile
- leave
- let fall
- magazine
- mess
- pigpen
- pigsty
- refuse heap
- rubbish pile
- scrap
- shack
- shanty
- slum
- sty
- swamp
- throw down
- throw out
- throw overboard
- tip
- unload
- unpack
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