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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pump \Pump\, v. i. To work or raise water, a pump. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pump \Pump\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pumped} (p[u^]mt; 215); p. pr & vb n. {pumping}.] 1. To raise with a pump, as water or other liquid. 2. 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. 3. 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 But pump not me for politics. --Otway. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pump \Pump\ (p[u^]mp), n. [Probably so called as being worn for pomp or ornament. See {Pomp}.] A low shoe with a thin sole. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pump \Pump\, n. [Akin to D. pomp, G. pumpe, F. pompe; of unknown origin.] 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pump n 1: a device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction 2: the hollow muscular organ whose rhythmic contractions pump blood through the body; "he stood still his heart thumping wildly" [syn: {heart}, {ticker}] 3: a low-cut shoe without fastenings [syn: {pumps}] v 1: operate like a pump; move up and down like a handle or a pedal 2: deliver forth; "pump bullets into the dummy" 3: draw or pour with a pump 4: supply in great quantities; "Pump money into a project" 5: flow intermittently 6: move up and down as of weights 7: raise with a pump; of gases or fluids 8: question persistently; "She pumped the witnesses for information
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