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dump
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?mp/
- Rhymes: -?mp
Etymology 1
From Middle English dumpen, dompen, probably from Old Norse dumpa (“to thump”) (whence Danish dumpe (“to fall suddenly”)).
Noun
dump (plural dumps)
- A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site.
- A car or boat for dumping refuse, etc.
- That which is dumped, especially in a chaotic way; a mess.
- (computing) An act of dumping, or its result.
- (computing) A formatted listing of the contents of program storage, especially when produced automatically by a failing program
- A storage place for supplies, especially military.
- An unpleasant, dirty, disreputable, unfashionable, boring or depressing looking place.
- (vulgar, slang, often with the verb "take", euphemistic) An act of defecation; a defecating.
- (usually in the plural) A sad, gloomy state of the mind; sadness; melancholy; despondency
- c. 1594, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act IV, Scene 5,[2]
- […] doleful dumps the mind oppress […]
- 1679, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress, London: J. Clarke, 1743, p. 26,[3]
- […] I was musing in the midst of my dumps […]
- 1684, Samuel Butler, Hudibras, London, Part 2, Canto I, p. 228,[4]
- March slowly on in solemn dump […]
- c. 1594, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act IV, Scene 5,[2]
- Absence of mind; revery.
- 1706, John Locke, Of the Conduct of the Understanding, Boston: R.P. & C. Williams, 1825, Section 45, p. 125,[5]
- They see not what passes before their eyes; hear not the audible discourse of the company; and when by any strong application to them they are roused a little, they are like men brought to themselves from some remote region […] . The shame that such dumps cause to well-bred people, when it carries them away from the company, where they should bear a part of the conversation, is a sufficient argument that it is a fault in the conduct of our understanding, not to have that power over it as to make use of it to those purposes, and on those occasions, wherein we have need of its assistance.
- 1706, John Locke, Of the Conduct of the Understanding, Boston: R.P. & C. Williams, 1825, Section 45, p. 125,[5]
- (mining) A pile of ore or rock.
- (obsolete) A melancholy strain or tune in music; any tune.
- c. 1594,, William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act III, Scene 2,[6]
- Tune a deploring dump […]
- c. 1594, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act IV, Scene 5,[7]
- O, play me some merry dump to comfort me.
- c. 1594,, William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act III, Scene 2,[6]
- (obsolete) An old kind of dance.
- (historical, Australia, Canada) A small coin made by punching a hole in a larger coin (called a holey dollar).
- 2002, Paul Swan, Maths Investigations, page 66,
- Basically, to overcome an acute shortage of money in 1813, Governor Lachlan Macquarie bought silver dollars from Spain and then punched the centres out, thereby producing two coins - the ‘holey dollar’ (worth five shillings) and the ‘dump’ (worth one shilling and threepence). Talk about creating money out of nothing—the original silver dollar only cost five shillings! 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,
- (marketing) A temporary display case that holds many copies of an item being sold.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- (obsolete Australian coin): holey dollar
References
Verb
dump (third-person singular simple present dumps, present participle dumping, simple past and past participle dumped)
- (transitive) To release, especially in large quantities and chaotic manner.
- (transitive) To discard; to get rid of something one no longer wants.
- (transitive) To sell below cost or very cheaply; to engage in dumping.
- (transitive, computing) To copy data from a system to another place or system, usually in order to archive it.
- (transitive, computing) To output the contents of storage or a data structure, often in order to diagnose a bug.
- (transitive, informal) To end a romantic relationship with.
- (transitive) To knock heavily; to stump.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
- (transitive, US) To put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence, to unload from a cart by tilting it
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Bartlett to this entry?)
- (transitive, US) To precipitate (especially snow) heavily.
- (transitive, Australia) Of a surf wave, to crash a swimmer, surfer, etc., heavily downwards.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:junk
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? French: domper
Translations
Etymology 2
See dumpling.
Noun
dump (plural dumps)
- (Britain, archaic) A thick, ill-shapen piece.
- (Britain, archaic) A lead counter used in the game of chuck-farthing.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Smart to this entry?)
Etymology 3
Cognate with Scots dump (“hole in the ground”), Norwegian dump (“a depression or hole in the ground”), German Low German dumpen (“to submerge”), Dutch dompen (“to dip, sink, submerge”).
Noun
dump (plural dumps)
- (Northern England) A deep hole in a river bed; a pool.
Related terms
- dimple
- dip
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
dump
- first-person singular present indicative of dumpen
- imperative of dumpen
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From German dumpf
Adjective
dump (neuter singular dumpt, definite singular and plural dumpe)
- (of a sound) dull (pain also), hollow, muffled
Etymology 2
Possibly related to dyp
Noun
dump f or m (definite singular dumpa or dumpen, indefinite plural dumper, definite plural dumpene)
- a dip, hollow, depression, bump (hole in the road)
Derived terms
- fartsdump
Etymology 3
From the verb dumpe
Noun
dump n (definite singular dumpet, indefinite plural dump, definite plural dumpa or dumpene)
- a thud (dull sound)
References
- “dump” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “dump_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “dump_3” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “dump_4” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From German dumpf
Adjective
dump (neuter singular dumpt, definite singular and plural dumpe)
- (of a sound) dull (pain also), hollow, muffled
Etymology 2
Possibly related to djup
Noun
dump m (definite singular dumpen, indefinite plural dumpar, definite plural dumpane)
dump f (definite singular dumpa, indefinite plural dumper, definite plural dumpene)
- a dip, hollow, depression, bump (hole in the road)
Derived terms
- fartsdump
Etymology 3
From the verb dumpe
Noun
dump n (definite singular dumpet, indefinite plural dump, definite plural dumpa)
- a thud (dull sound)
References
- “dump” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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duma
English
Alternative forms
- Duma
Etymology
From Russian ????? (dúma, “elective legislative assembly; originally: thought”), ultimately of Germanic origin. Doublet of doom. The drink is named after the legislative assembly.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?dum?/
- Hyphenation: du?ma
Noun
duma (plural dumas)
- A Russian legislative assembly such as the historical duma of the Russian Empire or the modern lower house of the Federal Assembly (the Russian national parliament).
- 1905, “Russian Duma” in The Outlook Volume 80, 989:
- Hence, while preserving his autocratic power, the Czar decrees a “Gosudarstvennaia Duma,” or State Council. The elections for this Duma will cover the whole territory of the Empire, ...
- 1905, “Russian Duma” in The Outlook Volume 80, 989:
- A drink mixing wine and vodka.
Translations
Anagrams
- Maud, maud, muda
Bikol Central
Noun
duma
- tuber
Hausa
Noun
dum? m (plural dum??m?, possessed form duman)
- calabash, gourd (Lagenaria siceraria)
Verb
dum?? (grade 1)
- To put one's mouth deeply into something
- (with an indirect object) To strike a person with something
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?dum?]
- Hyphenation: du?ma
- Rhymes: -m?
Etymology 1
From the Russian ????? (dúma, “duma”).
Noun
duma (plural dumák)
- duma
Declension
Etymology 2
From Romani dum? (“speech”), from a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *duma.
Noun
duma (plural dumák)
- (colloquial) talk, chat
- (colloquial) bullshit, lie
Declension
Derived terms
- dumál
Latvian
Adjective
duma
- (dialectal form) genitive singular masculine form of dums
- (dialectal form) nominative singular feminine form of dums
Northern Ndebele
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-dùma.
Verb
-duma
- to thunder, to rumble
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Northern Sotho
Etymology 1
Verb
duma
- to want
- to wish
Etymology 2
From Proto-Bantu *-dùma.
Verb
duma
- to thunder
Polish
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *duma.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?du.ma/
- Hyphenation: du?ma
Noun
duma f
- pride (sense of one's own worth, and abhorrence of what is beneath or unworthy of one)
Declension
Verb
duma
- third-person singular present of duma?
Further reading
- duma in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- duma in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- d'uma (dated)
Etymology
From earlier d'uma, de (“of”) + uma (“feminine singular indefinite article”)
Pronunciation
- (Portugal, Brazil) IPA(key): /?du.m?/
Contraction
duma f (feminine plural dumas, masculine dum, masculine plural duns)
- Contraction of de uma (“pertaining or relating to a”).of a; from a (feminine singular)
- 1877, Unknown, A boneca, compiled in Contos para a Infância, Guerra Junqueiro:
- Deixe-me agora, leitor, contar-lhe uma história — a história duma boneca!
- Now let me, reader, tell you a story - the story of a doll!
- Deixe-me agora, leitor, contar-lhe uma história — a história duma boneca!
- 1877, Unknown, A boneca, compiled in Contos para a Infância, Guerra Junqueiro:
Southern Ndebele
Relative
-dúma
- tasteless, flavourless
Inflection
Swahili
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: du?ma
Noun
duma (n class, plural duma)
- cheetah
Zulu
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /dú?ma/
Relative
-dúma
- tasteless, flavourless
Inflection
Etymology 2
From Proto-Bantu *-dùma.
The expected reflex would be -vuma. It is likely that this is a back formation from indumo, from Proto-Bantu *-d??ma, a variant of Proto-Bantu *-dùma.
Verb
-duma
- (intransitive) to be noisy
- (intransitive) to roar, to thunder
- (intransitive) to be famous, to be renowned
Inflection
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972) , “-duma”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, ?ISBN: “-duma”
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972) , “duma”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, ?ISBN: “duma (8.3)”
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