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pump

noun

1 pump

A mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction.

Roget 225: clothing, investment; covering etc. 223; dress, raiment, drapery, costume, attire, guise, toilet, toilette, trim; ... show more

Roget 348: running water.    jet, spirt, spurt, squirt, spout, spray, splash, rush, gush, jet d'eau [Fr.]; sluice.    water spout, water fall; ... show more

Dutch: pompen, pomp
Polish: pompa

2 pump

The hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body.

synonyms: heart, ticker.

Dutch: lever, hart, rikketik, tikker, tikkertje
Polish: serce

3 pump

A low-cut shoe without fastenings.

Dutch: pump, pumpschoen
Polish: pantofel

verb

1 pump

Operate like a pump; move up and down, like a handle or a pedal.

Roget 461: make inquiry etc. n.; inquire, ask, seek, search.    look for, look about for, look out for; scan, reconnoiter, explore, sound, ... show more

2 pump

Deliver forth.

3 pump

Draw or pour with a pump.

4 pump

Supply in great quantities.

5 pump

Flow intermittently.

6 pump

Move up and down.

7 pump

Raise (gases or fluids) with a pump.

8 pump

Question persistently.

Dutch: uithoren


Moby thesaurus: abdomen, add to, aggrandize, air pump, amplify, animate, anus, appendix, aspirator, augment, bail out, beer pump, bicycle pump, bilge pump, bleed, blind gut, bloat, blow up, bowels, brain ... show more.

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