Pump

  • 41pump — I [[t]pʌmp[/t]] 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) zool. anat. inf the heart 3) cbl a biological system that supplies energy… …

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  • 42pump — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a machine, usu. with rotary action or the reciprocal action of a piston, for raising or moving liquids, compressing gases, inflating tyres, etc. 2 an instance of pumping; a stroke of a pump. v. 1 tr. (often foll. by in, out, into …

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  • 43pump — 1. An apparatus for forcing a gas or liquid from or to any part. 2. Any mechanism for using metabolic energy to accomplish active transport of a substance. breast p. a suction instrument for withdra …

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  • 44Pump It — Infobox Single Name = Pump It Artist = The Black Eyed Peas from Album = Monkey Business Released = May 2006 Format = Digital download Recorded = 2004 Genre = Hip hop Length = 3:35 Label = A M, Interscope Writer = will.i.am apl.de.ap Taboo Fergie… …

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  • 45pump — 01. Does anyone have a bicycle [pump]? I ve got a flat tire. 02. We d better stop at a gas station, and [pump] up your tires; they re getting a little low. 03. It took the two men over three hours to [pump] all the water out of their flooded… …

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  • 46pump — 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 …

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  • 47pump — n 1. force pump, lift pump, sump pump, air pump, bicycle pump. v 2.Usu. pump out force out, push out, drive out; empty, drain, siphon out, draw off or out; extract, take out, remove, bail out, clear out; deflate, let the air out. 3.Usu. pump up… …

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  • 48pump*/ — [pʌmp] noun [C] I a piece of equipment for sending a liquid or gas into or out of something a fuel pump[/ex] a hand/foot pump (= operated with your hand or foot)[/ex] II verb pump */[pʌmp] 1) [T] to send liquid or gas somewhere, especially by… …

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  • 49pump in — phrasal verb pump into or pump in [transitive] Word forms pump into : present tense I/you/we/they pump into he/she/it pumps into present participle pumping into past tense pumped into past participle pumped into pump something into something to… …

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  • 50pump — 1. tv. to press someone for an answer or information. □ Pump him until he talks. □ Don’t pump me! I will tell you nothing! 2. n. the heart. (See also ticker.) □ He has the pump of a forty year old. □ …

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