pumpnoun [ C ]
uk/pʌmp/us/pʌmp/pump noun [ C ] (DEVICE)
B1 a piece of equipment that is used to cause liquid, air, or gas to move from one place to another:
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- The pump is powered by a small electric motor.
- Fish tanks often have a pump that oxygenates the water.
- The pump is driven by steam.
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Machines - generators & pumps
- -engined
- accelerator
- alternator
- breeder reactor
- charger
- dock
- docking station
- dynamo
- electromotive
- generator
- jet engine
- power station
- pump-action
- pumping station
- PWR
- substation
- treadmill
- turbine
- turbocharger
- watermill
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pump noun [ C ] (SHOE)
[ usually plural ] a type of flat shoe, like a ballet dancer's shoe, worn by women
[ usually plural ] US UK court shoe a type of plain shoe with a raised heel and no way of fastening it to the foot, worn by women
[ usually plural ] UK a flat shoe made of heavy cloth, worn by children for doing sports
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Shoes
- ankle boot
- ballet shoe
- Birkenstock
- bootlace
- bootstrap
- brogue
- gumboot
- high heels
- high-top
- hobnail boot
- insole
- instep
- shoehorn
- shoelace
- shoestring
- shoetree
- skyscraper heels
- wellington
- welly
- whitening
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pumpverb
uk/pʌmp/us/pʌmp/pump verb (LIQUID/GAS)
[ T usually + adv/prep ] to force liquid or gas to move somewhere:
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Machines - generators & pumps
- -engined
- accelerator
- alternator
- breeder reactor
- charger
- dock
- docking station
- dynamo
- electromotive
- generator
- jet engine
- power station
- pump-action
- pumping station
- PWR
- substation
- treadmill
- turbine
- turbocharger
- watermill
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pump verb (INFORMATION)
[ T ] informal to keep asking someone for information, especially in a way that is not direct:
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Questioning people & asking questions in general
- beat
- bombard
- canvass
- cross-question
- debrief
- desk research
- enquiry
- feel sb/sth out
- grilling
- interrogate
- interview
- interviewee
- opinion poll
- pin
- Q, q
- questioner
- questioning
- third
- what do you have to say for yourself? idiom
- worm
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