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pumping

pump·ing
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [puhm-ping]
    • /ˈpʌm pɪŋ/
    • /pʌmp/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [puhm-ping]
    • /ˈpʌm pɪŋ/

Definitions of pumping word

  • noun pumping an apparatus or machine for raising, driving, exhausting, or compressing fluids or gases by means of a piston, plunger, or set of rotating vanes. 1
  • noun pumping Engineering, Building Trades. a shore having a jackscrew in its foot for adjusting the length or for bearing more firmly against the structure to be sustained. 1
  • noun pumping Biology. an animal organ that propels fluid through the body; heart. 1
  • noun pumping Cell Biology. a system that supplies energy for transport against a chemical gradient, as the sodium pump for the transfer of sodium and potassium ions across a cell membrane. 1
  • verb with object pumping to raise, drive, etc., with a pump. 1
  • verb with object pumping to free from water or other liquid by means of a pump. 1
See all 22 definitions of pumping

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Origin of pumping

First appearance:

before 1590
One of the 37% oldest English words
First recorded in 1590-1600; pump1 + -ing1

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Parts of speech for Pumping

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Pumping

pumping popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 84% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Top questions with pumping

  • when to start pumping?
  • how much milk should i be pumping?
  • how to stop pumping?

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  • optical pumping

    a method for increasing the number of atoms or molecules occupying higher energy levels by irradiating them with light of the proper frequencies to raise them to those levels.

  • pumped storage

    a system for generating hydroelectric power for peak periods by pumping water from a lower to a higher reservoir during low-demand periods and then releasing it during peak periods.

  • syringe

    a small device consisting of a glass, metal, or hard rubber tube, narrowed at its outlet, and fitted with either a piston or a rubber bulb for drawing in a quantity of fluid or for ejecting fluid in a stream, for cleaning wounds, injecting fluids into the body, etc.
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