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Words related to pump

Related / Similar Words: pumps, heart, ticker

Definition:

a mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction;

a low-cut shoe without fastenings;

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";

question persistently; "She pumped the witnesses for information";

deliver forth; "pump bullets into the dummy";

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

raise (gases oor fluids) with a pump;

move up and down; "The athlete pumps weights in the gym";

draw or pour with a pump;

flow intermittently;

supply in great quantities; "Pump money into a project";

Hyponyms: air pump, vacuum pump, aspirator, auxiliary pump, donkey pump, bicycle pump, bilge pump, centrifugal pump, force pump, gas pump, gasoline pump, island dispenser, grease-gun, gun, hand pump, heart-lung machine, hydraulic pump, hydraulic ram, lift pump, oil pump, stirrup pump, suction pump, water pump, spectator pump, spectator, athlete's heart, biauriculate heart

Entailments: pour

Part Meronyms: fuel system, cooling system, engine cooling system, circulatory system, cardiovascular system

Language Translations:
Chinese: 唧筒		Dutch: pomp
Finnish: pumppu		French: pompe
German: Pumpe		Hungarian: szivattyú
Italian: pompa		Japanese: ポンプ
Korean: 펌프		Portuguese: bomba
Russian: насос		Slovene: črpalka
Spanish: bomba		Swedish: pump
Telugu: పంపు		Welsh: pwmp

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