pump
noun
[ pʌmp ]
• a mechanical device using suction or pressure to raise or move liquids, compress gases, or force air into inflatable objects such as tyres.
• "a petrol pump"
• an active transport mechanism in living cells by which specific ions are moved through the cell membrane against a concentration gradient.
• "the bacterium's sodium pump"
• a pump-action shotgun.
• "the shotgun was a 12-gauge pump"
pump
verb
• force (liquid, gas, etc.) to move by or as if by means of a pump.
• "the blood is pumped around the body"
Similar:
force,
drive,
push,
send,
transport,
raise,
inject,
suck,
draw,
tap,
milk,
siphon,
withdraw,
expel,
extract,
bleed,
drain,
• draw (milk) from the breast using a breast pump, typically in order to feed a baby by means of a bottle.
• "she struggled with pumping enough milk"
• fill (something such as a tyre or balloon) with liquid or gas using a pump.
• "I pumped the tyres and oiled the chain"
Similar:
inflate,
blow up,
swell,
aerate,
fill up,
enlarge,
distend,
expand,
dilate,
bloat,
puff up,
tumefy,
• move vigorously up and down.
• "we had to pump the handle like mad"
• try to elicit information from (someone) by persistent questioning.
• "she began to pump her friend for details"
Similar:
ask,
quiz,
interrogate,
probe,
put questions to,
sound out,
cross-examine,
catechize,
grill,
put the screws on,
give someone the third degree,
worm something out of someone,
Origin:
late Middle English (originally in nautical use): related to Dutch pomp ‘ship's pump’ (earlier in the sense ‘wooden or metal conduit’), probably partly of imitative origin.
pump
noun
• a sports shoe; a plimsoll.
• a court shoe.
Origin:
mid 16th century: of unknown origin.
