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Pump Sth Verb Pompalamak  /Pʌmp   Transitive Direction Blood

Level C1 
Kind verb
Front pump 
IPA  /pʌmp   / verb
Back pompalamak
Back 2

pump (verb)

 /pʌmp   / verb
 
 1 [transitive]
to force a gas or liquid to go in a particular direction
pompalamak
 Your heart pumps blood around your body.
 2 [intransitive]
(used about a liquid) to flow in a particular direction as if forced by a pump1
 (sıvı) pompalamak
 Blood was pumping out of the wound.
 3 [intransitive, transitive]
to be moved or to move sth very quickly up and down or in and out
aşağı yukarı hareket ettirmek, içeri dışarı hareket ettirmek
 He pumped his arms up and down to keep warm.
PHRASAL VERBS
pump sth into sth/sb
to put a lot of sth into sth/sb
aktarmak
 He pumped all his savings into the business.
 The teacher just kept pumping information into us.
pump sth up
to fill sth with air, for example by using a pump1
şişirmek
 to pump up a car tyre
 

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