pump
Definition:
Use 'pump' in a sentence: 1. We had to move water by a chain pump because the electric pump had broken down. 2. Some villages do not have a well and pump , so they have to fetch water with containers from miles far away. 3. There was no water in the building, just a pump in the courtyard. 4. World Service Television is pumping out 24-hour news to 38 countries in Asia. 5. We manage to pump the whole story out of him little by little. 6. Use other methods to pump yourself up. 7. They pumped her full of painkillers. 8. The Government needs to pump more money into community care. 9. I tried to pump up my back tyre. 10. The average price for all grades of petrol at the pump was $3.49 a gallon. 11. Our cars pump out thousands of tonnes of poisonous fumes every year. 12. Deane continued diving on the site intermittently until 1840, recovering several more guns, two bows, various timbers, part of a pump and various other small finds. 13. Some plants pump out smelly chemicals to keep insects away. 14. He thereby transformed an inefficient pump of limited use into a steam engine of a thousand uses. 15. Everyone in the family can take turns operating the pump . 16. The heat pump has altered that equation. 17. The latest statistics show that the United States is continuing to pump billions of dollar annually into such projects. 18. My heart was pumping with excitement. 19. Japanese companies have been pumping out plenty of innovative products. 20. We'll try again with a new pump in the morning. 21. He kept pumping my hand up and down. 22. The pump doesn't work and we have no running water. 23. He oiled his bike and pumped up the tyres. 24. They find it difficult to pump themselves up for the games. 25. Consumers have more money in their pockets when they're paying less at the pump . 26. As he recalled it, a gas-driven pump being used broke down, spreading carbon monoxide through the house. 27. He ran in every five minutes to pump me about the case. 28. The pump sucked water from the basement. 29. He bought a new water boiler with a digitally controlled pump , and wrapped insulation around the pipes. 30. They have designed a system which pumps up water from 70m below ground. 31. Stop trying to pump information out of me. 32. Let's pump up the volume. 33. I left my purse back there on the gas pump . 34. Another module continued to pump coolant through a separate loop, but astronauts had to power down non-essential equipment to prevent overheating. 35. The pump sucks air out through the valve. 36. In five years I had to strip the water pump down four times. 37. She washed her face at the pump in front of the inn. 38. There is a manual pump to get rid of the water. 39. There are already long queues of vehicles at petrol pumps . 40. Well we need to put by £ 200 for the pump valves to be renewed. 41. She sprinted for the line, legs pumping . 42. See if you can pump him for more details. 43. The lake had been pumped dry. 44. Other possible reasons include problems with the oil pump , rod and main bearing clearances, camshaft stopping playing, or cam bearings and lifters. 45. The function of the heart is to pump blood through the body. 46. The heart pumps blood around the body. 47. Blood was pumping out of his wound. 48. The money raised will be used to dig bore holes to pump water into the dried-up lake. 49. The teacher drew an analogy between the human heart and a pump . 50. Waste water is pumped from the factory into a nearby river. 51. It's difficult to pump facts and figures into tired students. 52. The engine is used for pumping water out of the mine.
