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Layer and Dump

noun

  • Single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance.
    • usage: "slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach"
  • A relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another.
  • An abstract place usually conceived as having depth.
    • usage: "a good actor communicates on several levels"; "a simile has at least two layers of meaning"; "the mind functions on many strata simultaneously"
  • A hen that lays eggs.
  • Thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells.

verb

  • Make or form a layer.
    • usage: "layer the different colored sands"

noun

  • A coarse term for defecation.
    • usage: "he took a shit"
  • A piece of land where waste materials are dumped.
  • Computer science. ( a copy of the contents of a computer storage device; sometimes used in debugging programs)
  • A place where supplies can be stored.
    • usage: "an ammunition dump"

verb

  • Throw away as refuse.
    • usage: "No dumping in these woods"
  • Sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly.
    • usage: "The company dumped him after many years of service"; "She dumped her boyfriend when she fell in love with a rich man"
  • Sell at artificially low prices.
  • Drop (stuff) in a heap or mass.
    • usage: "The truck dumped the garbage in the street"
  • Fall abruptly.
    • usage: "It plunged to the bottom of the well"
  • Knock down with force.
    • usage: "He decked his opponent"

dump is a land site where wastes are discarded in a disorderly or haphazard fashion without regard to protecting the environment. Uncontrolled dumping is an indiscriminate and illegal form of waste disposal. Problems associated with dumps include multiplication of disease-carrying organisms and pests, fires, air and water pollution, unsightliness, loss of habitat, and personal injury.

(DoD, NATO) A temporary storage area, usually in the open, for bombs, ammunition, equipment, or supplies.