pump
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(verb) question persistently; "She pumped the witnesses for information |
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Related Words: query, question |
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(verb) deliver forth; "pump bullets into the dummy" |
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Related Words: shoot |
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(verb) operate like a pump; move up and down, like a handle or a pedal |
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Related Words: handle, wield |
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(verb) raise with a pump; of gases or fluids |
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Related Words: bring up, elevate, get up, lift, raise |
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(verb) move up and down, as of weights |
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Related Words: displace, move |
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(verb) draw or pour with a pump |
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Related Words: draw, take out |
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(verb) flow intermittently |
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Related Words: gush, spirt, spout, spurt |
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(verb) supply in great quantities; "Pump money into a project" |
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Related Words: furnish, provide, render, supply |
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(noun) a device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction |
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Related Words: air pump, aspirator, auxiliary pump, bicycle pump, bilge pump, centrifugal pump, donkey pump, force pump, gas pump, gasoline pump, grease-gun, gun, hand pump, heart-lung machine, hydraulic pump, hydraulic ram, ion pump, island dispenser, lift pump, mechanical device, oil pump, stirrup pump, suction pump, vacuum pump, water pump |
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(noun) a low-cut shoe without fastenings |
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Synonyms: pumps |
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Related Words: shoe, spectator, spectator pump |
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(noun) the hollow muscular organ whose rhythmic contractions pump blood through the body; "he stood still, his heart thumping wildly" |
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Synonyms: heart, ticker |
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Related Words: athlete's heart, biauriculate heart, internal organ |
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