pump
/pʌmp/noun, verb1 syllable
Pump means: the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body.
Synonyms for pump7
noun, as in the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body
also used for pump
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What does pump mean?11
noun
the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body“he stood still, his heart thumping wildly”
a mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction
a low-cut shoe without fastenings
verb
operate like a pump; move up and down, like a handle or a pedal“pump the gas pedal”
deliver forth“pump bullets into the dummy”
draw or pour with a pump
supply in great quantities“Pump money into a project”
flow intermittently
move up and down“The athlete pumps weights in the gym”
raise (gases or fluids) with a pump
question persistently“She pumped the witnesses for information”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with pump?11
Pump in a sentence
- If you pump air into a tire, it expands.CM
- Real men go to the gym to pump iron, not to do aerobics.darinmex
- The pump did not act as it should have.AlanF_US
- Could you show me how to use this pump?CK
- The human heart is analogous to a pump.Eldad
- The function of the heart is to pump blood.CM
- The new trade accord will pump fresh blood into the international economy.unknown
- The village people had to pump water from the well by hand.CK
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Forms of pump
as a noun
- plural
- pumps
as a verb
- past tense
- pumped
- present participle
- pumping
- third-person singular
- pumps