What (who) is pump - definition
DEVICE THAT MOVES FLUIDS (LIQUIDS OR GASES) BY MECHANICAL ACTION
Pumps; Water pump; Pumping machinery; Spacer coupling; Electric water pump; Impulse pump; Electric pump; Walking beam pump; Electropump; Positive displacement pump; Wendelkolben pump; Positive-displacement pump; High-Volume Pumping Unit; Airpump; Water pumps; Filter pump; Pump testing; Water lift; Steam pump; Roots pump; High Pressure Pump; Pressure-pumping system; Water, raising of; Water, Raising of; Waterpump; Pump (water); Steam pumps; Pump (Water); Steam Pump; Peripheral pump; Side-channel pump
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pump
(pumps, pumping, pumped)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A pump is a machine or device that is used to force a liquid or gas to flow in a particular direction.
...pumps that circulate the fuel around in the engine...
You'll need a bicycle pump to keep the tyres topped up with air.
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2.
To pump a liquid or gas in a particular direction means to force it to flow in that direction using a pump.
It's not enough to get rid of raw sewage by pumping it out to sea...
The money raised will be used to dig bore holes to pump water into the dried-up lake.
...drill rigs that are busy pumping natural gas...
Age diminishes the heart's ability to pump harder and faster under exertion.
VERB: V n with adv, V n prep, V n, V
3.
A petrol or gas pump is a machine with a tube attached to it that you use to fill a car with petrol.
There are already long queues of vehicles at petrol pumps.
N-COUNT: oft n N
4.
If someone has their stomach pumped, doctors remove the contents of their stomach, for example because they have swallowed poison or drugs.
She was released from hospital yesterday after having her stomach pumped.
VERB: usu passive, have n V-ed
5.
If you pump money or other resources into something such as a project or an industry, you invest a lot of money or resources in it. (INFORMAL)
The Government needs to pump more money into community care.
VERB: V n into n
6.
If you pump someone about something, you keep asking them questions in order to get information. (INFORMAL)
He ran in every five minutes to pump me about the case...
Stop trying to pump information out of me.
= grill
VERB: V n about/for n, V n out of/from n
7.
Pumps are canvas shoes with flat rubber soles which people wear for sports and leisure. (mainly BRIT; in AM, use trainers
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8.
Pumps are women's shoes that do not cover the top part of the foot and are usually made of plain leather. (AM; in BRIT, use court shoes
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9.
To prime the pump means to do something to encourage the success or growth of something, especially the economy. (mainly AM)
...the use of tax money to prime the pump of the state's economy.
PHRASE: V inflects
pump
v. a.
Cross-examine, interrogate, cross-question.
pump
pump1
¦ noun
1. a mechanical device using suction or pressure to raise or move liquids, compress gases, or force air into inflatable objects.
2. Physiology a mechanism in living cells by which specific ions are moved through a cell membrane against a concentration gradient.
¦ verb
1. force (liquid, gas, etc.) to move by or as if by means of a pump.
move in spurts as though driven by a pump.
(pump something out) produce or emit something in large quantities or amounts.
2. (often pump something up) fill (something) with (liquid, gas, etc.).
(pump something up) informal turn up the volume of music.
[as adjective pumped up] informal very enthusiastic or excited.
3. move or cause to move vigorously up and down.
4. informal try to elicit information from (someone) by persistent questioning.
Phrases
pump iron informal exercise with weights.
Derivatives
pumper noun
Origin
ME: related to Du. pomp 'ship's pump', prob. partly of imitative origin.
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pump2
¦ noun
1. chiefly N. English a plimsoll.
2. Brit. a light shoe for dancing.
3. N. Amer. a court shoe.
Origin
C16: of unknown origin.
Wikipedia
Pump
A pump is a device that moves fluids (liquids or gases), or sometimes slurries, by mechanical action, typically converted from electrical energy into hydraulic energy.
Mechanical pumps serve in a wide range of applications such as pumping water from wells, aquarium filtering, pond filtering and aeration, in the car industry for water-cooling and fuel injection, in the energy industry for pumping oil and natural gas or for operating cooling towers and other components of heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems. In the medical industry, pumps are used for biochemical processes in developing and manufacturing medicine, and as artificial replacements for body parts, in particular the artificial heart and penile prosthesis.
When a pump contains two or more pump mechanisms with fluid being directed to flow through them in series, it is called a multi-stage pump. Terms such as two-stage or double-stage may be used to specifically describe the number of stages. A pump that does not fit this description is simply a single-stage pump in contrast.
In biology, many different types of chemical and biomechanical pumps have evolved; biomimicry is sometimes used in developing new types of mechanical pumps.
Pronunciation examples for pump
1. Pump! Pump, pump!
Legally Blonde (2001)
2. so you get pump pump, pump pump.
Let's Talk about Death (over Dinner) _ Michael Hebb _ Talks at Google
3. Pump it.
Mila Kunis & Kate McKinnon _ The Spy Who Dumped Me _ Talks at Google
4. Water pump.
D-Rev's ReMotion Knee _ Krista Donaldson _ Talks at Google
5. Pump it up.
Mila Kunis & Kate McKinnon _ The Spy Who Dumped Me _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of pump
1. Top up the stabilization fund yourself." "Oh, we‘ll pump it!" said Vladimir Vladimirovich™. "We‘ll pump it, don‘t worry about that.
2. Supporters pump up their candidates‘ qualifications.
3. It was believed they were using a gas–powered pump, and were possibly overcome by fumes from the pump,‘‘ a statement said.
4. And the controls on the bilge pump were not set to pump water from the crew compartment, suggesting there was no water flooding in.
5. In Washington state, Democratic congressional candidate Darcy Burner campaigned with "Gas Pump Man," a character wearing a red, yellow and black gas pump costume and cape.