Meaning of 'pump'
Meaning of 'pump' (Webster Dictionary)
- A low shoe with a thin sole.
- 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. - To work, or raise water, a pump. - To raise with a pump, as water or other liquid.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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. - To work, or raise water, a pump. - To raise with a pump, as water or other liquid.
- 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.
- 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.
Meaning of 'pump' (Princeton's WordNet)
Meaning (1):
- the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body
- the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body
Example in sentence:
- he stood still, his heart thumping wildly
Meaning (2):
- deliver forth
- deliver forth
Example in sentence:
- pump bullets into the dummy
Meaning (3):
- supply in great quantities
- supply in great quantities
Example in sentence:
- Pump money into a project
Meaning (4):
- operate like a pump; move up and down, like a handle or a pedal
- operate like a pump; move up and down, like a handle or a pedal
Example in sentence:
- pump the gas pedal
Meaning (5):
- question persistently
- question persistently
Example in sentence:
- She pumped the witnesses for information
Meaning (6):
- move up and down
- move up and down
Example in sentence:
- The athlete pumps weights in the gym
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