dumped
/dʌmpt/
dumped is the simple past and past participle of dump.
Meaning of dump
Verb
dump (third-person singular simple present dumps, present participle dumping, simple past and past participle dumped)
- To release, especially in large quantities and chaotic manner.
- To discard; to get rid of something one no longer wants.
- The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania.[…]It was used to make kerosene, the main fuel for artificial lighting after overfishing led...2013 August 3, “Yesterday’s fuel”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847
- To sell below cost or very cheaply; to engage in dumping.
- To copy (data) from a system to another place or system, usually in order to archive it.
- to dump the ROM from a rare Nintendo game cartridge
- To output the contents of storage or a data structure, often in order to diagnose a bug.
- To end a romantic relationship with.
- Sarah dumped Nelson after finding out he was cheating on her.
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Questions about dumped
- What is dumped the simple past and past participle of?
- Dumped is the simple past and past participle of dump.
- How do you pronounce dumped?
- Dumped is pronounced /dʌmpt/.
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