Pump : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Pump	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for Pump
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pump n a mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction 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" Synonym(s): heart, pump, ticker 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" deliver forth; "pump bullets into the dummy" draw or pour with a pump supply in great quantities; "Pump money into a project" flow intermittently move up and down; "The athlete pumps weights in the gym" raise (gases or fluids) with a pump question persistently; "She pumped the witnesses for information"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pump \Pump\ (p[ucr]mp), n. [Probably so called as being worn for pomp or ornament. See {Pomp}.] A low shoe with a thin sole.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pump \Pump\, n. [Akin to D. pomp, G. pumpe, F. pompe; of unknown origin.] 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pump \Pump\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pumped} (p[ucr]mt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. {pumping}.] 1. To raise with a pump, as water or other liquid. 2. 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. 3. 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. But pump not me for politics. --Otway.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pump \Pump\, v. i. To work, or raise water, a pump.