dump vs pick up

dump

verb
  • To put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence, to unload from a cart by tilting it 

  • To sell below cost or very cheaply; to engage in dumping. 

  • To precipitate (especially snow) heavily. 

  • To release, especially in large quantities and chaotic manner. 

  • To output the contents of storage or a data structure, often in order to diagnose a bug. 

  • Of a surf wave, to crash a swimmer, surfer, etc., heavily downwards. 

  • To end a romantic relationship with. 

  • To copy (data) from a system to another place or system, usually in order to archive it. 

  • To discard; to get rid of something one no longer wants. 

noun
  • An act of defecation; a defecating. 

  • A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site. 

  • An act of dumping, or its result. 

  • That which is dumped, especially in a chaotic way; a mess. 

  • An unpleasant, dirty, disreputable, unfashionable, boring, or depressing looking place. 

  • Absence of mind; reverie. 

  • A car or boat for dumping refuse, etc. 

  • A pile of ore or rock. 

  • A temporary display case that holds many copies of an item being sold. 

  • A deep hole in a river bed; a pool. 

  • A small coin made by punching a hole in a larger coin (called a holey dollar). 

  • A sad, gloomy state of the mind; sadness; melancholy; despondency. 

  • A storage place for supplies, especially military. 

  • A formatted listing of the contents of program storage, especially when produced automatically by a failing program. 

pick up

verb
  • To behave in a manner that results in a foul. 

  • To acquire (something) accidentally; to catch (a disease). 

  • To collect and detain (a suspect). 

  • To lift; to grasp and raise. 

  • To clean up; to return to an organized state. 

  • To point out the behaviour, habits, or actions of (a person) in a critical manner; used with on. 

  • To meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes, especially in a social situation. 

  • To receive calls; to function correctly. 

  • To record; to notch up. 

  • To learn, to grasp; to begin to understand; to realize. 

  • To promote somebody who was previously passed over. 

  • To collect an object, especially in passing. 

  • To answer a telephone. 

  • To take control (physically) of something. 

  • To mark, to defend against an opposition player by following them closely. 

  • To restart or resume. 

  • To receive (a radio signal or the like). 

  • To notice, detect or discern; to pick up on 

  • To improve, increase, or speed up. 

  • To reduce the despondency of. 

  • To pay for. 

  • To obtain and publish a story, news item, etc. 

  • To collect a passenger. 

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