How to use dump in a sentence
40 example sentences · noun, verb
Dump means a place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site. Example: “The new XML dump is coming soon.”
Examples of dump by meaning
nounA place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site.
- a toxic waste dump
nounAn act of dumping, or its result.
- The new XML dump is coming soon.
nounA storage place for supplies, especially military.
- an ammo dump
- a munitions dump
nounAn unpleasant, dirty, disreputable, unfashionable, boring, or depressing looking place.
- This place looks like a dump.
- Don't feel bad about moving away from this dump.
- "We'll check out of this dump tomorrow."1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 184
nounAn act of defecation; a defecating.
- I have to take a dump.
nounA small coin made by punching a hole in a larger coin (called a holey dollar).
- The holey dollar and the dump have been adopted as the symbol for the Macquarie Bank in Australia.2002, Paul Swan, Maths Investigations, page 66
nounA temporary display case that holds many copies of an item being sold.
- The double row is significant because it provides a source of stock to replenish the dump which will be located in the base of the stand.1958, Milton Alexander, Display ideas for super markets, page 211
- Mass displays to move goods in bulk are dotted here and there throughout the store, particularly at the ends of the gondolas, and considerable use is made of dump displays.1959, Agenda: Co-operative Management Magazine - Volumes 7-8, page 68
- Although they may have a lot of clutter in promotional cardboard dump displays, that factor is likely to change.1985, Product Marketing for Beauty Industry Retailers & Manufacturers
verbTo discard; to get rid of something one no longer wants.
- Other liquids produced in the refining process, too unstable or smoky for lamplight, were burned or dumped.2013 August 3, “Yesterday’s fuel”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847
More sentences with dump
- She said she dumped him. Now — bam! — they're back together.From the entry bam
- The waters of the lake were transparent until the factory dumped waste there.From the entry transparent
- I've been in a bad mood since I was dumped by my ex-boyfriend.From the entry mood
- My boss dumped a whole mess of projects on my desk today.From the entry mess
- Hey. No reason for you to cop a ’tude on me just because she dumped you.From the entry 'tude
- You want me to stay here with you in this dump? Get real!From the entry get real
- A sackful of sand won't help the soil here much, but a dump truck full would.From the entry sackful
- Our scavengings at the rubbish dump often yielded items of value.From the entry scavenging
- I came home and dumped on him about everything that was going on at work.From the entry dump on
- Jack dumped core on how to operate the server before he left on holiday.From the entry dump core
- He dumped a new batch of burgers sizzlingly onto the barbecue.From the entry sizzlingly
- My friend was very spadish when he said, "Dude, just dump her."From the entry spadish
- The dump of this video-game cartridge is corrupted. We need a redump.From the entry redump
- She'll never dump him, he knows how to hold it down.From the entry hold it down
- Her trend is to dump boyfriends when it gets serious.From the entry trend
- Samantha took a dump this morning when she woke up.From the entry take a dump
- She had every right to dump you, but cutting up all your clothes after she did so was an overreaction.From the entry overreaction
- My last boyfriend was a lovely guy, but I dumped him because he was too touchy-feely with me in public.From the entry touchy-feely
- Having been dumped out of the mine cars, the ore then moves along a conveyor to the roaster.From the entry roaster
- Encountering difficulties with the parcels’ unhelpful recipient, the deliveryman unceremoniously dumped the packages in the street outside the door.From the entry unceremoniously
- The cargo was dumped overside by the crew.From the entry overside
- So you're taking all our trash to the dump, for free? I don't understand. What's in it for you?From the entry in it
- Charisma is a common dump stat for players who want to give their PCs better strength or intelligence.From the entry dump stat
- I bought this at a dump store.From the entry dump store
- The children were required to dump all of their Halloween candy on the table so that their parents could apportion it among them.From the entry apportion
- For a week, she couldn't get enough of me. The next week, her interest blew hot and cold, and a week later she dumped me.From the entry blow hot and cold
- The spillover from the dam due to the heavy rains will run down this channel and harmlessly dump into that river, we hope.From the entry spillover
Meaning of dump
- noun A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site.
- noun A car or boat for dumping refuse, etc.
- noun That which is dumped, especially in a chaotic way; a mess.
Questions about dump in a sentence
- How do you use dump in a sentence?
- Dump is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The new XML dump is coming soon.”
- What is a short sentence with dump?
- “a munitions dump”
- What does dump mean?
- Dump means a place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site.
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