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pump
has definitions from the fields of clothing,anatomy,zoology,arms
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[ verb ] operate like a pump; move up and down, like a handle or a pedal
Used in print (Leon Uris, Mila 8....)Styka sat beside him and pumped his hand excitedly . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction
Used in print (Ann Hebson, The Lattimer Legend....)`` You 're gonna get caught '' , she heard Joel say to Uncle_Randolph by the pump one morning . (Robert L. Duncan, The Voice of Strangers....)`` I think I 've fixed the pump so we won't have_to worry about it for a long_time '' , he said . `` I 've adjusted the gauge so that the pump cuts_out before the water gets too low '' . |
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[ verb ] (arms) deliver forth
Examples "pump bullets into the dummy" Used in print (Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)He had a round , frank Irish face , creased in a jovial grin that stayed bleakly in_place even when he was pumping bullets into someone 's body . (Peter Field, Rattlesnake Ridge....)He had been sighted , and his attacker pumping shot after shot . Related terms |
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[ verb ] draw or pour with a pump
Used in print (Booth Hemingway and Stuart H. Brown,...)If your pool is located on or near sloping ground , it may have natural drainage which is certainly more desirable than to be faced with the annual expense and labor of first pumping out the water and_then scooping_out all the debris . |
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[ verb ] flow intermittently
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[ verb ] question persistently
Examples "She pumped the witnesses for information Related terms |
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[ verb ] raise with a pump; of gases or fluids
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[ noun ] (anatomy,zoology) the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions pump blood through the body
Examples "he stood still, his heart thumping wildly" |
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[ noun ] (clothing) a low-cut shoe without fastenings
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