Pump - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body (syn: heart, ticker)
- a low-cut shoe without fastenings
verb
- supply in great quantities
- flow intermittently
- move up and down
- question persistently
Extra examples
He pumped the water up from the bottom of the boat.
The machine suddenly stopped pumping.
We pumped the boat dry.
We had to pump the basement out.
Your heart pumps blood all over your body.
I could feel the blood pumping through my veins.
Blood pumped out of the cut.
The water for the house is pumped up from a deep well.
This tyre is flat, you didn't pump enough air in.
You can pump up the tyres by hand or with this special machine.
So far, we've been able to pump out most of the lower floors.
He might pump something out of the servant about the family.
The government has pumped a lot of money into the production of these fast new planes.
Education is not a matter of pumping facts into the children's heads.
The fire department is still pumping floodwater out of the cellars.
Word forms
I/you/we/they: pump
he/she/it: pumps
present participle: pumping
past tense: pumped
past participle: pumped
singular: pump
plural: pumps
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