Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Pump"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pump \Pump\, v. i.
To work, or raise water, a pump.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
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.
But pump not me for politics. --Otway.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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 pump blood
through the body; "he stood still, his heart thumping
wildly" [syn: {heart}, {ticker}]
3: a low-cut shoe without fastenings [syn: {pumps}]
v 1: operate like a pump; move up and down, like a handle or a
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, as of weights
7: raise with a pump; of gases or fluids
8: question persistently; "She pumped the witnesses for
information
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