dump

noun

• 1a site for depositing garbage.
• [usually with modifier] a place where a particular kind of waste, especially dangerous waste, is left:a nuclear waste dump
• a place where weapons and other military equipment is stored:an ammunitions dump
• a heap of garbage left at a dump.
• informal an unpleasant or dreary place:she says the town has become a dump
• informal an act of defecation.

• 2 Computing a copying of stored data to a different location, performed typically as a protection against loss.
• a printout or list of the contents of a computer’s memory, occurring typically after a system failure.

verb

• 1deposit or dispose of (garbage, waste, or unwanted material), typically in a careless or hurried way:trucks dumped 1,900 tons of refuse here [no object]:an attempt to prevent people from dumping on vacant lots
• put down or abandon (something) hurriedly in order to make an escape:the couple dumped the car and fled
• put (something) down firmly or heavily and carelessly:she dumped her knapsack on the floor
• informal abandon or desert (someone):his girlfriend dumped him for being fat
• send (goods unsalable in the home market) to a foreign market for sale at a low price:other countries dump steel in the US at below-market prices
• informal sell off (assets) rapidly:investors dumped shares in scores of other consumer-goods firms

• 2 Computing copy (stored data) to a different location, especially so as to protect against loss.
• print out or list the contents of (a store), especially after a system failure.

• 3 Football tackle (a quarterback) before he can throw a pass.