pump in English: A machine that pushes liquid or air into or out of something; to pump is to move liquid or air this way. (noun)

Translation

A machine that pushes liquid or air into or out of something; to pump is to move liquid or air this way.

Word origin

From Middle Dutch pompe, a word for a ship's water pipe, probably made to copy the sound of pumping.

bicycle tyres .

A pump pushes air or liquid from one place to another.

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A hand pump is worked by moving a handle up and down.

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"Pump" is also a verb; to pump something up is to fill it with air.

water

The clear liquid that falls as rain and that people and animals drink to live.

air

The mix of gases all around us that we breathe and cannot see.

push

To press on something with your hands to move it away from you.

machine

A thing with moving parts that uses power to do work for people.

gas

Something like air, which is not solid and not liquid. Gas is often burned to cook food or to heat a house.

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