Found 4 items, similar to Pump.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: pump
memompa
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: pump
memompakan, pompa
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: pump
pump
n 1: a mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or
suction
2: the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and
between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions pump blood
through the body;
“he stood still, his heart thumping
wildly” [syn:
heart,
ticker]
3: a low-cut shoe without fastenings [syn:
pumps]
pump
v 1: operate like a pump; move up and down, like a handle or a
pedal
2: deliver forth;
“pump bullets into the dummy”
3: draw or pour with a pump
4: supply in great quantities;
“Pump money into a project”
5: flow intermittently
6: move up and down;
“The athlete pumps weights in the gym”
7: raise (gases oor fluids) with a pump
8: question persistently;
“She pumped the witnesses for
information”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pump
Pump
\Pump\ (p[u^]mp), n. [Probably so called as being worn for
pomp or ornament. See
Pomp.]
A low shoe with a thin sole. --Swift.
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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.
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Note: for various kinds of pumps, see
Air pump,
Chain pump
, and
Force pump; also, under
Lifting,
Plunger,
Rotary, etc.
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Circulating pump (Steam Engine), a pump for driving the
condensing water through the casing, or tubes, of a
surface condenser.
Pump brake. See
Pump handle, below.
Pump dale. See
Dale.
Pump gear, the apparatus belonging to a pump. --Totten.
Pump handle, the lever, worked by hand, by which motion is
given to the bucket of a pump.
Pump hood, a semicylindrical appendage covering the upper
wheel of a chain pump.
Pump rod, the rod to which the bucket of a pump is
fastened, and which is attached to the brake or handle;
the piston rod.
Pump room, a place or room at a mineral spring where the
waters are drawn and drunk. [Eng.]
Pump spear. Same as
Pump rod, above.
Pump stock, the stationary part, body, or barrel of a pump.
Pump well. (Naut.) See
Well.
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Pump
\Pump\, v. i.
To work, or raise water, a pump.
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Pump
\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.
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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.
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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.
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But pump not me for politics. --Otway.
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