pump
verb /pʌmp/
  /pʌmp/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they pump |    /pʌmp/   /pʌmp/  | 
| he / she / it pumps |    /pʌmps/   /pʌmps/  | 
| past simple pumped |    /pʌmpt/   /pʌmpt/  | 
| past participle pumped |    /pʌmpt/   /pʌmpt/  | 
| -ing form pumping |    /ˈpʌmpɪŋ/   /ˈpʌmpɪŋ/  | 
- [transitive] to make water, air, gas, etc. flow in a particular direction by using a pump or something that works like a pump
- pump something (+ adv./prep.) The engine is used for pumping water out of the mine.
 - The heart pumps blood around the body.
 - It took ages to pump out the cellar (= pump the water out of it) after the flood.
 - pump something + adj. The lake had been pumped dry.
 
Extra ExamplesTopics Engineeringc1- His heart pumped harder as he held his breath.
 - The lungs pump oxygen into the bloodstream.
 
 - [intransitive] + adv./prep. (of a liquid) to flow in a particular direction as if it is being forced by a pump
- Blood was pumping out of his wound.
 - The shock sent adrenalin pumping through her veins.
 
 - [transitive] pump something (+ adv./prep.) to move something quickly up and down or in and out
- He kept pumping my hand up and down.
 - I pumped the handle like crazy.
 
 - [intransitive] to move quickly up and down or in and out
- She sprinted for the line, legs pumping.
 - My heart was pumping with excitement.
 
 - [transitive] pump somebody (for something) (informal) to try to get information from somebody by asking them a lot of questions
- See if you can pump him for more details.
 
 
Word Originverb late Middle English (originally in nautical use): related to Dutch pomp ‘ship's pump’ (earlier in the sense ‘wooden or metal conduit’), probably partly of imitative origin.
Idioms 
pump bullets, shots, etc. into somebody 
- to fire a lot of bullets into somebody
 
pump somebody full of something 
- to fill somebody with something, especially drugs
- They pumped her full of painkillers.
 
 
pump iron 
- (informal) to do exercises in which you lift heavy weights in order to make your muscles strongerTopics Health and Fitnessc2
 
pump somebody’s stomach 
- to remove the contents of somebody’s stomach using a pump, because they have swallowed something harmful
- He had his stomach pumped after taking an overdose.
 
 

