pump

I UK [pʌmp] / US noun [countable]
Word forms "pump":
singular pump plural pumps
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1) a piece of equipment for making a liquid or gas move into or out of something

an air/a fuel pump

a hand/foot pump (= operated with your hand or foot)

2) [usually plural] British a shoe made of strong cloth, worn by children for doing sports at school

a) British a flat shoe that does not fasten and is worn for dancing

b) mainly American a plain type of woman's shoe that has a heel and does not fasten

c) a shiny type of man's shoe that does not fasten and is worn for formal occasions

3) the act or process of pumping something

the pump of blood around his body

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- all hands to the pump

II UK [pʌmp] / US verb
Word forms "pump":
present tense I/you/we/they pump he/she/it pumps present participle pumping past tense pumped past participle pumped
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1)

a) [transitive] physics to make liquid or gas move into or out of something, especially by using a pump

Pumping water uphill is difficult and expensive.

Poisonous gases are pumped into the atmosphere every day.

b) [intransitive] if a liquid pumps from somewhere, a lot of it comes out in quick regular movements

Blood was pumping from a wound in his arm.

2)

a) [transitive] to push something up and down with an action like pumping

Liz pumped the accelerator and tried to start the car.

b) [intransitive] to move with an action like that of a pump

Her heart was pumping fast.

3) [transitive] informal to try to get information from someone

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- pump bullets into someone

- pump someone full of something

- pump iron

- pump someone's stomach

Phrasal verbs:

- pump into

- pump out

- pump up