dumpe I homograph 1

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

1. falle tungt, deise to fall heavily, to flop down
   • dumpe ned på en stol to flop down into a chair
2. bli involvert i;
   komme eller treffe tilfeldig to get involved in;
   to come across or run into by chance
   • jeg dumpet midt opp i et selskap I landed right in the middle of a party
   • han dumper borti mye rart he stumbles across all sorts of odd things
3. stryke til eksamen to fail an exam
   • dumpe for andre gang to fail for the second time
4. slippeto let go of, to drop · to be spared, not to have to · to get free, to get away, kaste (II)to throw · to throw away to dropslippe, to throwkaste (II)
   • dumpe søppel to dump rubbish
   • kannene ble dumpet i sjøen the cans were dumped in the sea
5. vippe på en planke;
   disse (III, 3)to swing, huske (II)to rock, to bounce · to bob up and down, to pitch to seesaw on a plank;
   to swingdisse (III, 3), to rockhuske (II)