Antonyms for dumped
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : duhmp |
| Phonetic Transcription : dÊŒmp |
Definition of dumped
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.
- verb drop, throw away
- He dumped another bucket of slops into the home-made trough.
- Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
- My aunt picked up the chips and dumped them into the wood-box.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- A crimp had carried this chap on board, dumped him, got his ten dollars and left.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- These he dumped out and, to pacify the man, handed the paper to him with his own pencil.
- Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter
- She brought them up the river; and then they were dumped into the water, and swum ashore.
- Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay
- The mixture is hauled directly to the road and is dumped and spread by means of rakes.
- Extract from : « American Rural Highways » by T. R. Agg
- He dumped the packages and newspapers on the table and began sorting the letters.
- Extract from : « The Woman-Haters » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- So many shares were dumped that the bottom fell out of the stock.
- Extract from : « The Mind Master » by Arthur J. Burks
- I forgot to say we dumped our guns and everything else we could pry loose.
- Extract from : « A Yankee Flier Over Berlin » by Al Avery
- Schofield dumped the bait-tub over the deck and rolled it around, examining it.
- Extract from : « The Harbor of Doubt » by Frank Williams
Synonyms for dumped
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