pump

Definitions

1. 1noun

   A low shoe with a thin sole.

2. 2noun

   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.

3. 3transitive verb

   To raise with a pump, as water or other liquid.

4. 4transitive verb

   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.

5. 5transitive verb

   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.

6. 6intransitive verb

   To work, or raise water, a pump.

7. 7noun

   a mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction

8. 8noun

   a low-cut shoe without fastenings

9. 9noun

   the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body

   "he stood still, his heart thumping wildly"

   Synonyms

   heartticker
10. 10verb

    question persistently

    "She pumped the witnesses for information"

11. 11verb

    deliver forth

    "pump bullets into the dummy"

12. 12verb

    operate like a pump; move up and down, like a handle or a pedal

    "pump the gas pedal"

13. 13verb

    raise (gases or fluids) with a pump

14. 14verb

    move up and down

    "The athlete pumps weights in the gym"

15. 15verb

    draw or pour with a pump

16. 16verb

    flow intermittently

17. 17verb

    supply in great quantities

    "Pump money into a project"