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Definition: Dumped |
DumpedAdjective1. That is dropped in a heap; "his hastily dumped clothes"; "the money was there, dumped all over the floor". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "dumped" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | How come you dumped me then (A Fish Called Wanda; writing credit: John Cleese; Charles Crichton) I heard that just today you and your friends dumped 100 pounds of meat on a peaceful demonstration (PCU; writing credit: Adam Leff; Zak Penn) Do you have someplace specific in mind or do you just want to be dumped off at the border (The Wizard; writing credit: David Chisholm) I've been dumped before, Renee (Ally McBeal; writing credit: Henri Vernes) You dumped her on New Year's (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen) | |
Lyrics | That jap girl dumped my ass (Skinny Legs; performing artist: Lyle Lovett) Do you know I dumped your husband (He Wasn't Man Enough; performing artist: Toni Braxton) | |
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![]() | Trawling operations on the MILLER FREEMAN. A full net-load of fish brought aboard. The cod end is being lifted. It will be dumped in the checker, i.e, the sorting table. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. | ![]() | Scientist sorting the catch after being dumped in the checker from the cod end of the trawl. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
![]() | A containment facility or tailings impoundment area. The upper portion of the image shows where the tailings are dumped. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. | ![]() | An oil sheen in the water, The North Cape spill dumped 828,000 gallons of #2 home heating oil into Rhode Island coastal waters. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
Courier Gulch mining waste dumped in gulchDecontamination station setupShoshone Field OfficeUSRDUpper Snake River District. Credit: Tim Fuller. | Logs being dumped into water for storage at the Hull Davis Lumber Mill. Credit: D. Huntington. | ||
![]() | At dawn the chink-running cruiser dumped her cargo on a mournful Florida lagoon--. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Corn being dumped into shaft of grain elevator, near Gibson City, Illinois. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Weighing in wagon load of corn before it is dumped into grain elevator. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Westby, Vernon County, Wisconsin. Intake room where milk is dumped and weighed at the cooperative creamery. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Old Shoe" by Gabriel Rezende Souza Commentary: "Old shoe dumped at a construction site near a bridge at Brasília, Brazil." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | She moved back to the stove and dumped the big pan of bulbous biscuits on two tin plates |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Very often, hazardous waste is simply dumped illegally, through criminal organizations specialized in this type of activity. (references) | |
Everyday, an estimated 1.4 million cubic meters of wastewater is dumped in the Chao Phraya River, Bangkok’s main water source. (references) | ||
They are unsecured landfills where industrial waste was dumped and, at this time, the type and extent of dumped waste is still unknown. (references) | ||
Economic History | Morocco | Within days of taking over the Jorf Lasfar power plant in 1998, the CMS Energy (Michigan) -ABB joint venture initiated water treatment procedures, which eliminated coal ash from being dumped directly in the ocean, the previous practice. (references) |
Nigeria | In mid-2001, due in part to pressure from domestic manufacturers claiming that goods were being dumped in the country and allegations of improper foreign exchange activities, President Obasanjo ordered a 100 percent inspection of all imports arriving at the ports and the borders - an order inconsistent with its preshipment inspection program. (references) | |
Human Rights | Congo | The bodies of many persons killed in the war were burned, dumped in rivers, or buried in mass graves that remain unopened. (references) |
Trade | Spain | The anti-dumping duty will be the difference between the dumped price and the comparable domestic price of the exported product. (references) |
Romania | An important objective during the transition to a market economy was the protection of Romanian companies from goods being dumped or subsidized. (references) | |
Nigeria | A special duty may be imposed on imported goods if the government feels that such goods are being dumped or unfairly subsidized, thus threatening established or potential domestic industries. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Dumped" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 49.79% of the time. "Dumped" is used about 728 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 49.79% | 363 | 14,875 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 46.23% | 337 | 15,616 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 3.29% | 24 | 71,196 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.69% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 728 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "dumped": dumped bale ♦ dumped moraine. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "dumped": dumped-off. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
dumped | 66 | dumped head her stuff | 3 |
being dumped | 10 | ben dumped five fold lyrics song | 3 |
stop getting dumped | 8 | dumped got i | 3 |
dumped head her | 6 | over being dumped | 3 |
dumped ur | 6 | dumped revenge | 2 |
dumped song | 6 | dumped get when | 2 |
get over being dumped | 5 | boyfriend dumped | 2 |
dumped lyrics song | 4 | annie car dumped new sutton | 2 |
she dumped | 4 | dumped he | 2 |
just dumped | 4 | dumped slime | 2 |
dumped r u | 3 | dumped got | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "dumped"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 倾销 (Dumping). (various references) | |
Danish | dumped bale (dumped bale), Det raadgivende Udvalg til beskyttelse mod dumpet eller subsidieret Import (Advisory Committee on Protection against dumped or subsidized Imports, Anti-Dumping Committee), deponering af sten (dumped rock fill), sugemundstykket samler den hakkelse op,som er aflaesset i bunker (dumped onto heaps, the suction spout picks up the silage), stenfyld udlagt ved tipning (bulk rockfill, dumped rockfill), randmoræne (dump moraine, dumped moraine), oplaegge jord (dumped on the deposit ground, tipped on the spoi ground), forordning...om beskyttelse mod dumpingimport... (regulation...on protection against dumped imports...), chargen styrtes ned i en drejelig tragt,lukket af den lille klokke,og falder derefter ned i den tragt,der er lukket af den store klokke (followed by a lock hopper closed by the large bell, the charge is dumped into the throat via a revolving hopper closed by the small bell), Antidumpingudvalget (Advisory Committee on Protection against dumped or subsidized Imports, Anti-Dumping Committee). (various references) | |
Dutch | de vulling of lading wordt eerst in de draaibare trechter(of vultrechter)gestort op de kleine klok en vervolgens in de sluis die onder door de grote klok afgesloten is (followed by a lock hopper closed by the large bell, the charge is dumped into the throat via a revolving hopper closed by the small bell), de aanzuigmond neemt het op hopen gestorte hakselgewas op (dumped onto heaps, the suction spout picks up the silage), walmorene (dump moraine, dumped moraine), verordening...inzake beschermende maatregelen tegen invoer met dumping... (regulation...on protection against dumped imports...), Raadgevend Comite voor beschermende maatregelen tegen invoer met dumping of subsidiering (Advisory Committee on Protection against dumped or subsidized Imports, Anti-Dumping Committee), morenewal (dump moraine, dumped moraine), gestorte steen (bulk rockfill, dumped rockfill), gestorte rotslaag (dumped rock fill), bergen van grond (dumped on the deposit ground, tipped on the spoi ground), Anti-dumpingcomite (Advisory Committee on Protection against dumped or subsidized Imports, Anti-Dumping Committee). (various references) | |
Finnish | päätemoreeni (dump moraine, dumped moraine), kaadettu louhetäyte (bulk rockfill, dumped rockfill). (various references) | |
French | dumped bale (dumped bale), remblai déversé (dumped fill), règlement...relatif à la défense contre les importations qui font l'objet d'un dumping... (regulation...on protection against dumped imports...), moraine rempart (dump moraine, dumped moraine), mise en dépôt de terres (dumped on the deposit ground), la tuyauterie d'aspiration ramasse le fourrage haché qui a été déversé en tas (dumped onto heaps), innocuité de rejets humains en milieu abyssal (safe waste products dumped into the abyss by man), enrochements en vrac (dumped rockfill), enrochements déversés (dumped rockfill), enrochement en vrac (dumped rock fill), Comite consultatif pour la defense contre les importations qui font l'objet de "dumping" ou de subventions (Advisory Committee on Protection against dumped or subsidized Imports), Comite anti-dumping (Advisory Committee on Protection against dumped or subsidized Imports), CAD (Advisory Committee on Protection against dumped or subsidized Imports). (various references) | |
German | warf weg (trashed), ausgegeben (emitted, issued, spent). (various references) | |
Greek | κανονισμός...για την άμυνα κατά των εισαγωγών που αποτελούν αντικείμενο ντάμπινγκ... (regulation...on protection against dumped imports...), πεδίο απόθεσης βράχων (dumped rock fill), Συμβουλευτική Eπιτροπή περί της `Aμυνας κατά των Eισαγωγών που αποτελούν αντικείμενο Nτάμπινγκ ή Eπιδοτήσεων (Advisory Committee on Protection against dumped or subsidized Imports, Anti-Dumping Committee), ακίνδυνα απόβλητα που ποντίζει ο άνθρωπος στην άβυσσο (safe waste products dumped into the abyss by man), αποθήκευση υλικών εκσκαφής (dumped on the deposit ground, tipped on the spoi ground), ατάκτως αποτεθειμένο υλικό λιθορριπής (bulk rockfill, dumped rockfill), το σύστημα σωληνώσεων αναρρόφησης συλλέγει την τεμαχισμένη και συσσωρευμένη χορτονομή (dumped onto heaps, the suction spout picks up the silage), το φορτίο εισάγεται στην κορυφή με περιστρεφόμενη χοάνη,της οποίας το κλείστρο είναι ο μικρός κώδωνας και στη συνέχεια,στη χοάνη που κλείε (followed by a lock hopper closed by the large bell, the charge is dumped into the throat via a revolving hopper closed by the small bell), δέρμα ή μπάλα σκληρή (dumped bale), Eπιτροπή Aντιντάμπιγκ (Advisory Committee on Protection against dumped or subsidized Imports, Anti-Dumping Committee). (various references) | |
Indonesian | terdampar (aground, cast ashore, dumped off at, gone aground). (various references) | |
Italian | dumped bale (dumped bale), deposito morenico (dump moraine, dumped moraine), scogliera gettata (dumped rockfill, loose rock-dump, riprap, tipped rockfill, tipped stone), rilevato mediante rovesciamento dei materiali trasportati (dumped fill, tipped fill), regolamento...relativo alla difesa contro le importazioni oggetto di dumping... (regulation...on protection against dumped imports...), pietrame semplicemente sversato (bulk rockfill, dumped rockfill), messa in deposito di terra (dumped on the deposit ground, tipped on the spoi ground), la tubazione di aspirazione raccoglie il foraggio trinciato,versato in mucchi (dumped onto heaps, the suction spout picks up the silage), i rifiuti gettati negli abissi d'all'uomo non sono pericolosi (safe waste products dumped into the abyss by man), Comitato consultivo per la difesa contro le importazioni oggetto di dumping o di sovvenzioni (Advisory Committee on Protection against dumped or subsidized Imports, Anti-Dumping Committee), Comitato antidumping (Advisory Committee on Protection against dumped or subsidized Imports, Anti-Dumping Committee). (various references) | |
Korean | 내버리는. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | umpedday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | regulamento...relativo à defesa contra as importações objecto de "dumping"... (regulation...on protection against dumped imports...), moreia frontal (dump moraine, dumped moraine), fardo muito comprido (dumped bale), enrocamentos lançados (bulk rockfill, dumped rockfill), enrocamentos a granel (dumped rockfill, tipped rockfill), enrocamento não compactado (bulk rockfill, dumped rockfill), enrocamento a monte (dumped rock fill), Comité Consultivo relativo à Defesa contra as Importações objecto de "Dumping" ou de Subvenções (Advisory Committee on Protection against dumped or subsidized Imports, Anti-Dumping Committee), Comité Anti-dumping (Advisory Committee on Protection against dumped or subsidized Imports, Anti-Dumping Committee), colocação de terras em depósito (dumped on the deposit ground, tipped on the spoi ground), aterro não compactado (dumped fill, tipped fill), a tubagem de aspiração recolhe a forragem triturada que foi despejada aos molhos (dumped onto heaps, the suction spout picks up the silage), a carga é introduzida pela abertura superior do alto forno numa tremonha giratória fechada por uma campânula e em seguida no peneiro (followed by a lock hopper closed by the large bell, the charge is dumped into the throat via a revolving hopper closed by the small bell). (various references) | |
Spanish | dumped bale (dumped bale), terraplén vertido (dumped fill, tipped fill), Reglamento...sobre defensa contra las importaciones objeto de dumping... (regulation...on protection against dumped imports...), la carga se vuelca en el tragante a través de una tolva giratoria cerrada por la campana pequeña, seguida de una tolva cerrada por la campana grande (followed by a lock hopper closed by the large bell, the charge is dumped into the throat via a revolving hopper closed by the small bell), inocuidad de los productos de desecho vertedos en las simas (safe waste products dumped into the abyss by man), escollera vertida (bulk rockfill, dumped rock fill, dumped rockfill, tipped rockfill), enrocamiento a volteo (bulk rockfill, dumped rockfill), Comité de Antidumping (Advisory Committee on Protection against dumped or subsidized Imports, Anti-Dumping Committee), Comité Consultivo de Defensa contra las Importaciones objeto de Dumping o Subvenciones (Advisory Committee on Protection against dumped or subsidized Imports, Anti-Dumping Committee). (various references) | |
Swedish | tippad stenfyllning (bulk rockfill, dumped rockfill), stenutfyllnad (dumped rock fill), moränvall (dump moraine, dumped moraine), blockutfyllnad (dumped rock fill). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Dumped" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: demopped, Dompok, dumbed, dumperd, Dumphey, dumpi, dumpled, dumpted, Dunpeldyr, dymoed. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "dumped" (pronounced du"mpt) |
| 4 | -u" m p t | bumped, humped, jumped, lumped, plumped, pumped, slumped, stumped, thumped, trumped. |
| 3 | -m p t | attempt, camped, clamped, contempt, cramped, crimped, damped, decamped, encamped, exempt, limped, preempt, prompt, revamped, stamped, stomped, swamped, tempt, unkempt. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-d-e-m-p-u" | |
-1 letter: duped, umped. | |
-2 letters: dude, dump, dupe. | |
-3 letters: dud, due, dup, emu, med, mud, ped, pud, ump. | |
-4 letters: de, ed, em, me, mu, pe, um, up. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-d-e-m-p-u" | |
+2 letters: deplumed, pudendum, undamped. | |
+3 letters: displumed, impounded, mudcapped, unimpeded. | |
+4 letters: compounded, decompound, epidendrum. | |
+5 letters: epidendrums, pompadoured, pseudomonad. | |
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