Pump
Definition of Pump
Pronunciation: pŭmt; 215 | n. | 1. | A low shoe with a thin sole. | | 1. | 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.| Pump well | | (Naut.) See Well. |
| | v. t. | 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. | | v. i. | 1. | To work, or raise water, a pump. |
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