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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  dumped \dumped\ adj.
     1. p. p. of {dump}, v. t.; as, The money was there, dumped
        all over the floor.
        [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Dump \Dump\ (d[u^]mp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dumped}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Dumping}.] [OE. dumpen to throw down, fall down, cf.
     Icel. dumpa to thump, Dan. dumpe to fall suddenly, rush,
     dial. Sw. dimpa to fall down plump. Cf. {Dump} sadness.]
     1. To knock heavily; to stump. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence,
        to unload from a cart by tilting it; as, to dump sand,
        coal, etc. [U.S.] --Bartlett.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     {Dumping car} or {Dumping cart}, a railway car, or a cart,
        the body of which can be tilted to empty the contents; --
        called also {dump car}, or {dump cart}.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dumped
       adj : that is dropped in a heap; "his hastily dumped clothes";
             "the money was there, dumped all over the floor"

















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