Definition of Pump

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Definition of Pump

Pump

A low shoe with a thin sole.

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.

To raise with a pump, as water or other liquid.

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.

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.

To work, or raise water, a pump.

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Pump Quotations

I can promise you that when I go to Sacramento, I will pump up Sacramento.
Arnold Schwarzenegger

I suppose I would still prefer to sit under a tree with a picnic basket rather than under a gas pump, but signs and comic strips are interesting as subject matter.
Roy Lichtenstein

We really were a very musical family. Father managed to buy us a small pump organ, and I just loved this instrument.
Lawrence Welk

Because, you know, I can't work a bicycle pump.
Judi Dench

There was a moth in there, and it still had its wings crumpled up, and it was just starting to pump its wings up. Life continues in lots of places, and life is a magical thing.
Laurel Clark

For far too long, America has been without a comprehensive energy plan, and today consumers are paying the price - literally - at the pump and in their heating bills.
Chris Chocola

People really feel that, when they go to the gas pump now, that the oil cartel is holding them by the legs and tipping them upside down and shaking money out of their pockets.
Ed Markey

The fact is I've been in Massachusetts for the last two weeks, and it seems over the last few days that the price is increasing by the hour at the pump, so there needs to be an aggressive investigation.
Marty Meehan

Energy companies, such as Chevron and Shell, and oil producing countries, such as Kuwait and Venezuela, pump crude oil from their vast land holdings and sell it on the world market.
Gary Miller

Common sense solutions to lowering your gasoline bills can go far. Carpooling, taking fewer or shorter road trips, and ensuring that your tires are fully inflated can all help stop the pinch at the pump.
Bob Ney

Pump Translations

pump in Afrikaans is pomp
pump in Danish is oppumpe, pumpe
pump in Dutch is oppompen, pompen
pump in Finnish is pumpata
pump in French is pompe, pompons, pompez, pompent, pomper
pump in German is Pumpe, pumpen, pumpen, aufpumpen, Pumpe
pump in Italian is pompa
pump in Norwegian is pumpe
pump in Portuguese is bomba
pump in Spanish is bomba
pump in Swedish is pump, pumpa

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