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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
pump
n 1: a mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or
suction
2: the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and
between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood
through the body; "he stood still, his heart thumping wildly"
[syn: heart, pump, ticker]
3: a low-cut shoe without fastenings
v 1: operate like a pump; move up and down, like a handle or a
pedal; "pump the gas pedal"
2: deliver forth; "pump bullets into the dummy"
3: draw or pour with a pump
4: supply in great quantities; "Pump money into a project"
5: flow intermittently
6: move up and down; "The athlete pumps weights in the gym"
7: raise (gases or fluids) with a pump
8: question persistently; "She pumped the witnesses for
information"
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Pump \Pump\, v. i.
To work, or raise water, a pump.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Pump \Pump\ (p[u^]mp), n. [Probably so called as being worn for
pomp or ornament. See Pomp.]
A low shoe with a thin sole. --Swift.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Pump \Pump\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pumped (p[u^]mt; 215); p. pr.
& vb. n. pumping.]
1. To raise with a pump, as water or other liquid.
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2. To draw water, or the like, from; to from water by means
of a pump; as, they pumped the well dry; to pump a ship.
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3. Figuratively, to draw out or obtain, as secrets or money,
by persistent questioning or plying; to question or ply
persistently in order to elicit something, as information,
money, etc.
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But pump not me for politics. --Otway.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Pump \Pump\, n. [Akin to D. pomp, G. pumpe, F. pompe; of unknown
origin.]
An hydraulic machine, variously constructed, for raising or
transferring fluids, consisting essentially of a moving piece
or piston working in a hollow cylinder or other cavity, with
valves properly placed for admitting or retaining the fluid
as it is drawn or driven through them by the action of the
piston.
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Note: for various kinds of pumps, see Air pump, Chain
pump, and Force pump; also, under Lifting,
Plunger, Rotary, etc.
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Circulating pump (Steam Engine), a pump for driving the
condensing water through the casing, or tubes, of a
surface condenser.
Pump brake. See Pump handle, below.
Pump dale. See Dale.
Pump gear, the apparatus belonging to a pump. --Totten.
Pump handle, the lever, worked by hand, by which motion is
given to the bucket of a pump.
Pump hood, a semicylindrical appendage covering the upper
wheel of a chain pump.
Pump rod, the rod to which the bucket of a pump is
fastened, and which is attached to the brake or handle;
the piston rod.
Pump room, a place or room at a mineral spring where the
waters are drawn and drunk. [Eng.]
Pump spear. Same as Pump rod, above.
Pump stock, the stationary part, body, or barrel of a pump.
Pump well. (Naut.) See Well.
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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