Thesaurus: pump

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1. n. A low shoe with a thin sole.
2. n. 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.
3. v. t. To raise with a pump, as water or other liquid.
4. v. t. 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.
5. v. t. 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.
6. v. i. To work, or raise water, a pump.
7. n. a mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction
8. n. the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body
9. n. a low-cut shoe without fastenings
10. v. operate like a pump; move up and down, like a handle or a pedal
11. v. deliver forth
12. v. draw or pour with a pump