Pump

  • 21pump up — index inflate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 22Pump — Pump,der:1.⇨Borg(1)–2.aufP.:⇨leihweise;einenP.aufnehmen:⇨Kredit(2);aufP.geben:⇨leihen(1) …

    Das Wörterbuch der Synonyme

  • 23pump up — (something) to make something appear to be bigger or more successful than it is. Opponents charged that the state treasurer pumped up the state s financial figures. We pumped the number of flights up to 500 in our report so everyone would think… …

    New idioms dictionary

  • 24pump — sb., en, s, ene (udringet damesko uden rem) …

    Dansk ordbog

  • 25pump|er — «PUHM puhr», noun. 1. a fire engine with pumps for pumping water through a hose. 2. a person or thing that pumps …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 26pump — pump1 pumpable, adj. pumpless, adj. pumplike, adj. /pump/, n. 1. an apparatus or machine for raising, driving, exhausting, or compressing fluids or gases by means of a piston, plunger, or set of rotating vanes. 2. Engin., Building Trades. a shore …

    Universalium

  • 27Pump — For information on Wikipedia project related discussions, see . A pump is a device used to move gases, liquids or slurries. A pump moves liquids or gases from lower pressure to higher pressure, and overcomes this difference in pressure by adding… …

    Wikipedia

  • 28pump — [1] A device for moving liquid or gas by decreasing or increasing the pressure on it. See accelerator pump air pump canned motor pump cell pump centrifugal pump charging pump circulating pump coolant pump diaphragm pump …

    Dictionary of automotive terms

  • 29pump — pump1 S3 [pʌmp] n [Sense: 1, 3; Date: 1400 1500; : Middle Low German; Origin: pumpe or Middle Dutch pompe, probably from Spanish bomba] [Sense: 2; Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Origin unknown] 1.) a machine for forcing liquid or gas into or out of… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 30pump — 1 noun 1 (C) a machine for forcing liquid or gas into or out of something: water/air/beer etc pump (=for moving water/air etc) | hand/foot pump (=operated by your hand or foot) | petrol pump/gas pump (=for putting petrol or gas into cars) see… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English