pump : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a pump that moves air in or out of something
  air pump.
  

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Air" pump`

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1. (Physics) A kind of pump for exhausting air from a vessel or closed space; also, a pump to condense air of force in into a closed space.
2. (Steam Engines) A pump used to exhaust from a condenser the condensed steam, the water used for condensing, and any commingled air.

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• noun a supplementary pump available if needed
  auxiliary pump.
  

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• noun a small pump that fills bicycle tires with air
  

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• noun a pump to remove bilgewater
  

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• a pump to draw the bilge water from the gold of a ship.

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• (Marine Engin.), a pump for changing the water in the boilers, so as to clear them of the brine which collects at the bottom.

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• (Mining), a direct single-acting pumping engine, in which the steam cylinder is placed above the pump.

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• noun a pump that use centrifugal force to discharge fluid into a pipe
  

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• a machine in which water or other fluid is lifted and discharged through a pipe by the energy imparted by a wheel or blades revolving in a fixed case. Some of the largest and most powerful pumps are of this kind.

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Chain" pump`

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1. A pump consisting of an endless chain, running over a drum or wheel by which it is moved, and dipping below the water to be raised. The chain has at intervals disks or lifts which fit the tube through which the ascending part passes and carry the water to the point of discharge.

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• . See in the Vocabulary.

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• (Steam Engine), a pump for driving the condensing water through the casing, or tubes, of a surface condenser.

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• noun vacuum pump used to obtain a high vacuum
  condensation pump.
  

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• one in which a flexible diaphragm takes the place of a piston.

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• noun vacuum pump used to obtain a high vacuum
  condensation pump.
  

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• one in which the steam piston rod is directly connected with the pump rod; also called direct-action steam pump.

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• noun a supplementary pump available if needed
  auxiliary pump.
  

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• a steam pump for feeding boilers, extinguishing fire, etc.; usually an auxiliary.

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• a steam pump in which two steam cylinders are placed side by side, one operating the valves of the other.

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• a kind of dredging apparatus for excavating under water, in which silt and loose material mixed with water are drawn up by a pump.

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• a force pump for supplying water to a steam boiler, etc.

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• noun pump used to force a liquid up and expel it under pressure
  

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Force" pump`

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1. (Mach.) (a) A pump having a solid piston, or plunger, for drawing and forcing a liquid, as water, through the valves; in distinction from a pump having a bucket, or valved piston. (b) A pump adapted for delivering water at a considerable height above the pump, or under a considerable pressure; in distinction from one which lifts the water only to the top of the pump or delivers it through a spout. See Illust. of Plunger pump, under Plunger.

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• . See Force pump (b).

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• . (a) A structure for a fountain, having the form of a pump. (b) A portable garden pump which throws a jet, for watering plants, etc.

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• a garden engine; a barrow pump.

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• noun a pump in a service station that draws gasoline from underground storage tanks
  gas pump; gasoline pump; island dispenser.
  

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• noun a pump in a service station that draws gasoline from underground storage tanks
  gas pump; gasoline pump; island dispenser.
  

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• noun a pump worked by hand
  

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• noun apparatus that extracts heat from a liquid that is at a higher temperature than its surroundings; can be used to transfer heat from a reservoir outside in order to heat a building
  

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Hog"ger-pump" noun

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1. (Mining) The for pump in the pit. Raymond.

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• noun a water pump that uses the kinetic energy of flowing water to force a small fraction of that water to a reservoir at a higher level
  hydraulic ram.
  

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• noun a vacuum pump that removes gas by ionizing the atoms or molecules and adsorbing them on a metal surface
  

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• a device in which a small jet of steam, air, water, or other fluid, in rapid motion, lifts or otherwise moves, by its impulse, a larger quantity of the fluid with which it mingles.

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• noun pump used to lift rather than force a liquid up
  

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• a lifting pump.

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• . (Mach.) (a) A kind of pump having a bucket, or valved piston, instead of a solid piston, for drawing water and lifting it to a high level . (b) A pump which lifts the water only to the top of the pump, or delivers it through a spout; a lift pump.

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• noun a pump that keeps a supply of oil on moving parts
  

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• a chain pump; a noria.

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• noun a pump in a service station that draws gasoline from underground storage tanks
  gas pump; gasoline pump; island dispenser.
  

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• a pump, as for water, having a plunger, instead of a piston, to act upon the water. It may be single-acting or double-acting

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• an air-exhausting or forcing pump.

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• noun action mechanism in a modern rifle or shotgun; a back and forward motion of a sliding lever ejects the empty shell case and cocks the firearm and loads a new round
  slide action.
  

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• . See Pump handle, below.

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• . See Dale.

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• the apparatus belonging to a pump. Totten.

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• the lever, worked by hand, by which motion is given to the bucket of a pump.

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• a semicylindrical appendage covering the upper wheel of a chain pump.

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• noun a house where pumps (e.g. to irrigate) are installed and operated
  pump house.
  

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• noun spending money raised by borrowing; used by governments to stimulate their economy
  deficit spending; compensatory spending.
  
• noun introducing water into a pump to improve the seal and start the water flowing
  

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• the rod to which the bucket of a pump is fastened, and which is attached to the brake or handle; the piston rod.

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• noun a pump house at a spa where medicinal waters are pumped and where patrons gather
  

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• a place or room at a mineral spring where the waters are drawn and drunk. Eng.

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• . Same as Pump rod, above.

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• the stationary part, body, or barrel of a pump.

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• noun an enclosure in the middle of a ship's hold that protects the ship's pumps
  

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• . (Naut.) See Well.

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• noun an illegal scheme for making money by manipulating stock prices; the schemer persuades other people to buy the stock and then sells it himself as soon as the price of the stock rises
  

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• noun a type of pliers
  

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• adjective satellite tense with excitement and enthusiasm as from a rush of adrenaline
  wired; pumped up; pumped.
  
  • we were really pumped up for the race
  • he was so pumped he couldn't sleep

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• adjective satellite tense with excitement and enthusiasm as from a rush of adrenaline
  wired; pumped up; pumped.
  
  • we were really pumped up for the race
  • he was so pumped he couldn't sleep

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• noun a house where pumps (e.g. to irrigate) are installed and operated
  pump house.
  

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• a pump in which a rapidly running endless rope raises water by the momentum communicated to the water by its adhesion to the rope.

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• a pump in which the fluid is impelled by rotating devices which take the place of reciprocating buckets or pistons.

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• in artesian well boring, a long, slender bucket with a valve at the bottom for raising sand from the well.

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• a pump which can be lowered in a well or a mine shaft as the level of the water sinks.

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• a jet pump. See under Jet, n.

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• a form of rotary pump.

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• noun a woman's pump with medium heel; usually in contrasting colors for toe and heel
  spectator.
  

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Spreng"el pump`

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1. (Physics) A form of air pump in which exhaustion is produced by a stream of mercury running down a narrow tube, in the manner of an aspirator; -- named from the inventor.

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• a small pumping engine operated by steam. It is usually direct-acting.

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• noun a hand-operated reciprocating pump; used in fighting fires
  

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• noun a suction pump used to remove the contents of the stomach
  

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• (Med.), a small pump or syringe with a flexible tube, for drawing liquids from the stomach, or for injecting them into it.

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• a suction pump. See under Suction.

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• noun a pump for raising fluids by suction
  

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• the common pump, in which the water is raised into the barrel by atmospheric pressure. See Illust. of Pump.

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• noun a suction pump for removing liquid from a sump
  

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• to supply it with the water necessary to make it operate. Scot.

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• to make it draw water by pouring water into the top and working the handle.

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• to charge a pump with water, in order to put it in working condition.

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• a kind of deep-well pump placed at the level of the water, and operated from above ground.

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• noun a pump that moves air in or out of something
  air pump.
  

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• . Same as Pulsometer, 1.

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• noun the pump in the cooling system of an automobile that cause the water to circulate
  

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• a pump moved by a windmill.

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• a pump especially adapted for pumping water from the hull of a wrecked vessel.

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