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pump

 
 
/pʌmp/ verb [T]

Translation

to force liquid or gas to move somewhere
pompalamak
Your heart pumps blood around your body. Firemen used powerful hoses to pump water into the building.1631
pump sth into sth phrasal verb
to give a lot of money to a plan or organization
çok fazla para yardımı yapmak, akıtmak, dökmek, sarfetmek
They've pumped millions of pounds into the economy.1411
pump sth out phrasal verb informal
to continuously produce a lot of something
sürekli üretmek; yağdırmak, akıtmak
a radio pumping out music13291821
pump sth up phrasal verb
to fill something with air using a pump
şişirmek, havayla doldurmak
You should pump your tyres up.1806
(Definition of pump verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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