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"Pump" Definition
noun
A machine or device for raising, compressing, or transferring fluids.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Informal The heart.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Physics Electromagnetic radiation used to raise atoms or molecules to a higher energy level.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Physiology A molecular mechanism for the active transport of ions or molecules across a cell membrane.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A device that raises, transfers, delivers, or compresses fluids or that attenuates gases especially by suction or pressure or both.
Source: Merriam-Webster
verb-transitive
Physics To raise (atoms or molecules) to a higher energy level by exposing them to electromagnetic radiation at a resonant frequency.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Physiology To transport (ions or molecules) against a concentration gradient by the expenditure of chemically stored energy.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To cause to move with the up-and-down motion of a pump handle: a bicyclist pumping the pedals.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To draw, deliver, or pour forth as if with a pump.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To propel, eject, or insert with or as if with a pump: pumped new life into the economy.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
idiom
Pump iron Sports To lift weights.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
phrasal-verb
Pump up Slang To fill with enthusiasm, strength, and energy: The lively debate really pumped us up.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Pump up Sports To be actively involved in a bodybuilding program: athletes pumping up at the gym.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Pump up To inflate with gas by means of a pump: pump up a tire.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb-intransitive
Sports To fake a throw, pass, or shot by moving the arm or arms without releasing the ball.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To move up and down in the manner of a pump handle.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To operate a pump.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To raise or move gas or liquid with a pump.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
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