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noun
1.
the act or process of pumping or the action of a pump.
2.
Meteorology. rapid change in the height of the column in a mercury barometer, resulting from fluctuations in the surrounding air pressure.
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Pumping
is always a great word to know.
So is thermal. Does it mean:
| a cyclone that forms on a front and, in maturing, produces an increasingly sharp, wavelike deformation of the front |
| a rising air current caused by heating from the underlying surface, especially such a current when not producing a cloud |
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noun
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.
Engineering, Building Trades. a shore having a jackscrew in its foot for adjusting the length or for bearing more firmly against the structure to be sustained.
3.
Biology. an animal organ that propels fluid through the body; heart.
4.
Cell Biology. a system that supplies energy for transport against a chemical gradient, as the sodium pump for the transfer of sodium and potassium ions across a cell membrane.
verb (used with object)
5.
to raise, drive, etc., with a pump.
6.
to free from water or other liquid by means of a pump.
7.
to inflate by pumping (often followed by up): to pump a tire up.
8.
to operate or move by an up-and-down or back-and-forth action.
9.
EXPANDto supply with air, as an organ, by means of a pumplike device.
10.
to drive, force, etc., as if from a pump: He rapidly pumped a dozen shots into the bull's-eye.
11.
to supply or inject as if by using a pump: to pump money into a failing business.
12.
to question artfully or persistently to elicit information: to pump someone for confidential information.
13.
COLLAPSEto elicit (information) by questioning.
verb (used without object)
Verb phrase14.
to work a pump; raise or move water, oil, etc., with a pump.
15.
to operate as a pump does.
16.
to move up and down like a pump handle.
17.
to exert oneself in a manner likened to pumping: He pumped away at his homework all evening.
18.
EXPANDto seek to elicit information from a person.
19.
COLLAPSEto come out in spurts.
20.
Idiomspump up,
a.
to inflate.
b.
to increase, heighten, or strengthen; put more effort into or emphasis on; intensify: The store has decided to pump up its advertising.
c.
to infuse with enthusiasm, competitive spirit, energy, etc.: The contestants were all backstage pumping themselves up for their big moment.
21.
prime the pump,
a.
to increase government expenditure in an effort to stimulate the economy.
b.
to support or promote the operation or improvement of something.
22.
pump iron. iron (def. 29).
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English pumpe (noun); cognate with German Pumpe, Dutch pomp
1400–50; late Middle English pumpe (noun); cognate with German Pumpe, Dutch pomp
Related forms
pump·a·ble, adjective
pump·less, adjective
pump·like, adjective
un·pump·a·ble, adjective
un·pumped, adjective
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Word Origin & History
pump
"low shoe without fasteners," 1555, perhaps echoic of the sound made when walking in them, or perhaps from Du. pampoesje, from Javanese pampoes, of Arabic origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
pump (pŭmp)
n.
A machine or device for raising, compressing, or transferring fluids.
A molecular mechanism for the active transport of ions or molecules across a cell membrane.
To raise or cause to flow by means of a pump.
To transport ions or molecules against a concentration gradient by the expenditure of chemically stored energy.
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Science Dictionary
pump  (pŭmp) Pronunciation Key
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Slang Dictionary
pump definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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