transcription, транскрипция: [ pʌmp ]
( pumps, pumping, pumped)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
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...
You’ll need a bicycle pump to keep the tyres topped up with air.
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2.
To pump a liquid or gas in a particular direction means to force it to flow in that direction using a pump.
It’s not enough to get rid of raw sewage by pumping it out to sea...
The money raised will be used to dig bore holes to pump water into the dried-up lake.
...drill rigs that are busy pumping natural gas...
Age diminishes the heart’s ability to pump harder and faster under exertion.
VERB : V n with adv , V n prep , V n , V
3.
A petrol or gas pump is a machine with a tube attached to it that you use to fill a car with petrol.
There are already long queues of vehicles at petrol pumps.
N-COUNT : oft n N
4.
If someone has their stomach pumped , doctors remove the contents of their stomach, for example because they have swallowed poison or drugs.
She was released from hospital yesterday after having her stomach pumped.
VERB : usu passive , have n V-ed
5.
If you pump money or other resources into something such as a project or an industry, you invest a lot of money or resources in it. ( INFORMAL )
The Government needs to pump more money into community care.
VERB : V n into n
6.
If you pump someone about something, you keep asking them questions in order to get information. ( INFORMAL )
He ran in every five minutes to pump me about the case...
Stop trying to pump information out of me.
= grill
VERB : V n about/for n , V n out of/from n
7.
Pumps are canvas shoes with flat rubber soles which people wear for sports and leisure. ( mainly BRIT; in AM, use trainers )
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8.
Pumps are women’s shoes that do not cover the top part of the foot and are usually made of plain leather. ( AM; in BRIT, use court shoes )
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9.
To prime the pump means to do something to encourage the success or growth of something, especially the economy. ( mainly AM )
...the use of tax money to prime the pump of the state’s economy.
PHRASE : V inflects