Pump
- 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.
Pump
- 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
- 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.
Pump
- To raise with a pump, as water or other liquid.
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