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  • 1pump — [[t]pʌ̱mp[/t]] ♦♦♦ pumps, pumping, pumped 1) N COUNT A pump is a machine or device that is used to force a liquid or gas to flow in a particular direction. ...pumps that circulate the fuel around in the engine... There was no water in the… …

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  • 2pump — pump1 S3 [pʌmp] n [Sense: 1, 3; Date: 1400 1500; : Middle Low German; Origin: pumpe or Middle Dutch pompe, probably from Spanish bomba] [Sense: 2; Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Origin unknown] 1.) a machine for forcing liquid or gas into or out of… …

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  • 3pump — 1 noun 1 (C) a machine for forcing liquid or gas into or out of something: water/air/beer etc pump (=for moving water/air etc) | hand/foot pump (=operated by your hand or foot) | petrol pump/gas pump (=for putting petrol or gas into cars) see… …

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  • 4pump*/ — [pʌmp] noun [C] I a piece of equipment for sending a liquid or gas into or out of something a fuel pump[/ex] a hand/foot pump (= operated with your hand or foot)[/ex] II verb pump */[pʌmp] 1) [T] to send liquid or gas somewhere, especially by… …

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  • 5pump — pump1 noun 1》 a mechanical device using suction or pressure to raise or move liquids, compress gases, or force air into inflatable objects. 2》 Physiology a mechanism in living cells by which specific ions are moved through a cell membrane against …

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  • 6pump — pump1 [pump] n. [ME pumpe < MDu pompe < Sp bomba, prob. of echoic orig.] 1. any of various machines that force a liquid or gas into or through, or draw it out of, something, as by suction or pressure 2. Informal the heart vt. 1. to raise or …

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  • 9Pump — Pump, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pumped} (p[u^]mt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. {pumping}.] 1. To raise with a pump, as water or other liquid. [1913 Webster] 2. To draw water, or the like, from; to from water by means of a pump; as, they pumped the well dry;… …

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  • 10pump — pump1 pumpable, adj. pumpless, adj. pumplike, adj. /pump/, n. 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. Engin., Building Trades. a shore …

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