Pump
English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Pump
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1 n.
A low shoe with a thin sole.
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2 n.
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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3 v. t.
To raise with a pump, as water or other liquid.
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4 v. t.
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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5 v. t.
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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6 v. i.
To work, or raise water, a pump.
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7 n.
A low shoe with a thin sole.
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8 n.
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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9 v. t.
To raise with a pump, as water or other liquid.
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10 v. t.
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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11 v. t.
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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12 v. i.
To work, or raise water, a pump.