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Pump Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Pump? [n] a mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction [n] a low-cut shoe without fastenings [n] the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions pump blood through the body; "he stood still, his heart thumping wildly" [v] question persistently; "She pumped the witnesses for information" [v] deliver forth; "pump bullets into the dummy" [v] operate like a pump; move up and down, like a handle or a pedal [v] raise with a pump; of gases or fluids [v] move up and down, as of weights [v] draw or pour with a pump [v] flow intermittently [v] supply in great quantities; "Pump money into a project" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Pump: heart \| pumps \| ticker Related Terms \| Find terms related to Pump: See Also \| air pump \| arteria coronaria \| aspirator \| athlete's heart \| auxiliary pump \| biauriculate heart \| bicycle pump \| bilge pump \| bring up \| cardiac muscle \| cardiac valve \| cardiovascular system \| centrifugal pump \| circulatory system \| cooling system \| coronary artery \| cylinder \| displace \| donkey pump \| draw \| elevate \| engine cooling system \| force pump \| fuel system \| furnish \| gas pump \| gasoline pump \| get up \| grease-gun \| gun \| gush \| hand pump \| handle \| heart muscle \| heart valve \| heart-lung machine \| hydraulic pump \| hydraulic ram \| internal organ \| island dispenser \| lift \| lift pump \| mechanical device \| move \| oil pump \| piston chamber \| pour \| provide \| query \| question \| raise \| render \| shoe \| shoot \| spectator \| spectator pump \| spirt \| spout \| spurt \| stirrup pump \| suction pump \| supply \| take out \| vacuum pump \| valve \| viscus \| water pump \| wield Pump In Webster's Dictionary \Pump\ (p[u^]mp), n. [Probably so called as being worn for pomp or ornament. See {Pomp}.] A low shoe with a thin sole. \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. Note: for various kinds of pumps, see {Air pump}, {Chain pump}, and {Force pump}; also, under {Lifting}, {Plunger}, {Rotary}, etc. {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}. \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. 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. 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. But pump not me for politics. --Otway. \Pump\, v. i. To work, or raise water, a pump.

Pump Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pump?

[n] a mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction
[n] a low-cut shoe without fastenings
[n] the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions pump blood through the body; "he stood still, his heart thumping wildly"
[v] question persistently; "She pumped the witnesses for information"
[v] deliver forth; "pump bullets into the dummy"
[v] operate like a pump; move up and down, like a handle or a pedal
[v] raise with a pump; of gases or fluids
[v] move up and down, as of weights
[v] draw or pour with a pump
[v] flow intermittently
[v] supply in great quantities; "Pump money into a project"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Pump: heart | pumps | ticker

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Pump In Webster's Dictionary

\Pump\ (p[u^]mp), n. [Probably so called as being worn for
pomp or ornament. See {Pomp}.]
A low shoe with a thin sole.


\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.



Note: for various kinds of pumps, see {Air pump}, {Chain
      pump}, and {Force pump}; also, under {Lifting},
      {Plunger}, {Rotary}, etc.

{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}.


\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.

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.

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.

         But pump not me for politics.         --Otway.


\Pump\, v. i.
To work, or raise water, a pump.

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