pump
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- n a mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction
- n the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body
- n a low-cut shoe without fastenings
- v operate like a pump; move up and down, like a handle or a pedal
pump the gas pedal - v deliver forth
pump bullets into the dummy - v draw or pour with a pump
- v supply in great quantities
- v flow intermittently
- v move up and down
The athlete pumps weights in the gym - v raise (gases or fluids) with a pump
- v question persistently
She pumped the witnesses for information
- Home builders and owners have long dreamed of a cheap and practical heat pump to maintain comfortable temperatures in homes both winter and summer.
- Authorized by Congress 67 years ago, the so-called Yazoo Pump is a relic of an era when wetlands were considered wastelands.
- Installation of the pump was intricate business.