Betekenis van dump In het Nederlands

• 0 to put down or drop something in a careless way:

  • He came in with four shopping bags and dumped them on the table.

• 1 to get rid of something unwanted, especially by leaving it in a place where it is not allowed to be:

  • The tax was so unpopular that the government decided to dump it.

  • Several old cars had been dumped near the beach.

  • Toxic chemicals continue to be dumped into the river.

  • They accused the West of dumping out-of-date medicines on Third World countries.

• 2 to suddenly end a romantic relationship you have been having with someone:

  • If he's so awful, why don't you just dump him?

• 3 a place where people are allowed to leave their rubbish:

  • I'm going to clean out the basement and take everything I don't want to the dump.

  • This town is a complete dump!

  • an ammunition/arms/weapons/food dump

• 4 to put down or drop something heavy without caring where it goes, or to get rid of something or someone no longer wanted:

  • The ship was accused of dumping garbage overboard.

  • She missed too many rehearsals and was dumped from the cast.

• 5 a place where people are allowed to leave their garbage:

  • You have to bring household garbage to the town dump.

  • Why are you staying in this dump?

• 6 to stop using or supporting something or someone:

  • The group has dumped plans for a giant US takeover after ruling that difficult stock market conditions would prevent it raising the cash.

  • The star was dumped by the record label after a string of failures.

• 7 to sell goods so cheaply in another country that companies in that country cannot compete fairly:

  • The Commerce Department announced punitive tariffs against foreign paper manufacturers accused of dumping goods in the US below cost.

  • dump on sth The producers of the goods are claiming that foreign manufacturers are dumping on the market.

• 8 to sell large amounts of something that you do not want to keep:

  • As the stock rose, he dumped his shares, making $160,000.

• 9 to throw something away in a place that is not suitable or allowed by law:

  • Often the toxic waste is dumped in local rivers or burned, increasing health and environmental problems.

• 10 to move information from a computer's memory in order to store it:

  • Dump all the data onto an external hard drive as a backup.