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Pump Verb: Meanings, Examples, and Common Collocations (2 meaning)

Meaning 1：pump fluid (pump)

pump 🔊

/pʌmp/

To use a tool or machine to move a liquid or gas, usually by pushing or forcing it.

Pump verb: inflating a bicycle tire with a hand pump

pump fluid 🔊

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/pʌmp ˈfluːɪd/

To use a pump or similar device to force a liquid or gas to move from one place to another.

📁 Category：Technological Inventions 🔖 Level：Beginner

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

From Middle Dutch 'pompe' meaning pipe or conduit, later applied to devices that move fluids.

💡 Mnemonic

Think of a bike pump: push down to force air in. 'Pump' sounds like 'jump' — energy moving up!

📖 Example

After the bike ride, I had to pump air back into my flat tire. 🔊 After the bike ride, I had to pump air back into my flat tire.

🔗 Collocations

pump water – to draw or force water using a pump

pump air – to force air into or out of something

pump gas – to transfer fuel into a vehicle's tank

🔄 Synonyms

force (v.) – to push or drive something with physical pressure

propel (v.) – to cause to move forward or onward

displace (v.) – to move something from its place, especially a fluid

🚫 Antonyms

absorb (v.) – to take in or soak up a liquid or gas

store (v.) – to keep or accumulate something, not move it

hold (v.) – to keep in place without moving

🌱 Derivatives

pumper (n.) – a person or machine that pumps

pumping (n./adj.) – the action of using a pump; moving fluid

pumpable (adj.) – able to be moved by a pump

📖 Cultural Story

The mechanical sense of 'pump' emerged in the 15th century for water-raising devices, derived from Middle Dutch 'pompe.' It became central to industrial and medical technology.

Meaning 2：pump blood (pump)

pump 🔊

/pʌmp/

To describe the way the heart works, moving blood around the body by beating strongly.

Pump verb: heart pumping blood through circulatory system diagram

pump blood 🔊

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/pʌmp blʌd/

To describe the rhythmic contraction of the heart that forces blood through the circulatory system.

📁 Category：Physical & Mental Health 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Example

My heart was pumping so fast after I finished the 100-meter sprint. 🔊 My heart was pumping so fast after I finished the 100-meter sprint.

🔗 Collocations

pump blood – to circulate blood through the body

pump oxygen – to deliver oxygen-rich blood to tissues

heart pumps – the heart contracts and pushes blood

🔄 Synonyms

throb (v.) – to beat with a strong, regular rhythm, like the heart

pulse (v.) – to beat or throb rhythmically

beat (v.) – to strike or throb repeatedly, as the heart does

🚫 Antonyms

stop (v.) – to cease moving or operating

arrest (v.) – to stop or slow the heart's action (cardiac arrest)

still (v.) – to make or become motionless; opposite of beating

🌱 Derivatives

pumping (n.) – the rhythmic contraction of the heart

pumper (n.) – informal term for the heart as a pump