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# pump

noun (pump, pumps); verb (pump, pumps, pumped, pumping)

«pump» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A pump is a machine that pushes water, air, fuel or another liquid or gas from one place to another. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pump/#m1)
2. To pump is to move it with a pump: «pump up a tyre». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pump/#m2)
3. Your heart is a pump that pushes blood around your body. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pump/#m3)
4. Pumps are also light flat shoes (UK). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pump/#m4)

### In the lessons

In school maths: water or air moved at a rate (litres per minute); filling or emptying a tank; two pumps working together add their rates. In science: the heart pumps blood; pumps and pressure. In everyday life: a bike pump, a petrol pump, pumping up a football. Phrases: «pump up», «bike pump», «petrol pump», «pumped» (excited).

### Examples

- A pump moves 30 litres a minute. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pump/#x1)
- How long to pump 600 litres? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pump/#x2)
- He pumps up 4 tyres. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pump/#x3)
- Two pumps work together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pump/#x4)
- Use the bike pump to put air in the tyre. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pump/#x5)
- The heart pumps blood all around the body. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pump/#x6)
- Firefighters pumped water out of the flooded cellar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pump/#x7)
- We were pumped for the big game. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pump/#x8)
- ‘Rubbish!’ said his wife. ‘Who can pump out the sea?’ [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pump/#x9)

### Note

Countable: «a pump». Maths: a rate: time = amount ÷ rate; two pumps working together add their rates. Trap: change hours to minutes when the rate is per minute.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «pump» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pump/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«pump» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pump.html) on Mova free.