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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Pump \Pump\, v. i. To work, or raise water, a pump. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] But pump not me for politics. --Otway. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. --Swift. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] Note: for various kinds of pumps, see {Air pump}, {Chain pump}, and {Force pump}; also, under {Lifting}, {Plunger}, {Rotary}, etc. [1913 Webster] {Circulating pump} (Steam Engine), a pump for driving the condensing water through the casing, or tubes, of a surface condenser. {Pump brake}. See {Pump handle}, below. {Pump dale}. See {Dale}. {Pump gear}, the apparatus belonging to a pump. --Totten. {Pump handle}, the lever, worked by hand, by which motion is given to the bucket of a pump. {Pump hood}, a semicylindrical appendage covering the upper wheel of a chain pump. {Pump rod}, the rod to which the bucket of a pump is fastened, and which is attached to the brake or handle; the piston rod. {Pump room}, a place or room at a mineral spring where the waters are drawn and drunk. [Eng.] {Pump spear}. Same as {Pump rod}, above. {Pump stock}, the stationary part, body, or barrel of a pump. {Pump well}. (Naut.) See {Well}. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: pump n 1: a mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction 2: 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" [syn: {heart}, {pump}, {ticker}] 3: a low-cut shoe without fastenings v 1: operate like a pump; move up and down, like a handle or a pedal; "pump the gas 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; "The athlete pumps weights in the gym" 7: raise (gases or fluids) with a pump 8: question persistently; "She pumped the witnesses for information" From Swedish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-swe-eng]: pump pump