2. Noun. (regional) gym shoes ¹
3. Noun. A woman's shoe that has medium or high heels and no fastenings. ¹
4. Verb. (third-person singular of pump) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pumps
1. pump [v] - See also: pump
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pumps
Literary usage of Pumps
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by American Society of Civil Engineers (1903)
"Many of the matters which have already impressed him in connection with these
pumps are discussed in this paper and are embodied in the designs submitted, ..."
2. Public Water-supplies: Requirements, Resources, and the Construction of Works by Frederick Eugene Turneaure, Harry Luman Russell (1901)
"Bucket-pumps. The various subdivisions of the classification are shown in Table No.
... Displacement-pumps are those in which the volume of water raised is ..."
3. A Descriptive and Historical Account of Hydraulic and Other Machines for by Thomas Ewbank (1842)
"Rotary pumps. the pistons descend,tte valve on the suction pipe closes, and the
solid ¡listini drives the •water in its cylinder through the hollow one in ..."
4. A Descriptive and Historical Account of Hydraulic and Other Machines for by Thomas Ewbank (1849)
"In some pumps both a solid and a hollow piston are made to work in the same ...
To convert one of these pumps into a fire-engine, the cylinder of the pump ..."
5. A Descriptive and Historical Account of Hydraulic and Other Machines for by Thomas Ewbank (1849)
"To convert one of these pumps into a fire-engine, the cylinder of the pump was
surrounded by ... Sucli pumps are more compact than those with two cylinders, ..."
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