Air pump () A kind of pump for exhausting air from a vessel or closed space |
Air pump () A pump used to exhaust from a condenser the condensed steam, the water used for condensing, and any commingled air. |
Chain pump () A pump consisting of an endless chain, running over a drum or wheel by which it is moved, and dipping below the water to be raised. The chain has at intervals disks or lifts which fit the tube through which the ascending part passes and carry the water to the point of discharge. |
Discharge (v. t.) To relieve of a charge, load, or burden |
Discharge (v. t.) To free of the missile with which anything is charged or loaded |
Discharge (v. t.) To of something weighing upon or impeding over one, as a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc. |
Discharge (v. t.) To relieve of an office or employment |
Discharge (v. t.) To release legally from confinement |
Discharge (v. t.) To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden |
Discharge (v. t.) To let fly, as a missile |
Discharge (v. t.) To set aside |
Discharge (v. t.) To throw off the obligation of, as a duty or debt |
Discharge (v. t.) To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment |
Discharge (v. t.) To give forth |
Discharge (v. t.) To prohibit |
Discharge (v. i.) To throw off or deliver a load, charge, or burden |
Discharge (v. t.) The act of discharging |
Discharge (v. t.) Firing off |
Discharge (v. t.) Act of relieving of something which oppresses or weighs upon one, as an obligation, liability, debt, accusation, etc. |
Discharge (v. t.) Act of removing, or getting rid of, an obligation, liability, etc. |
Discharge (v. t.) Release or dismissal from an office, employment, etc. |
Discharge (v. t.) Legal release from confinement |
Discharge (v. t.) The state of being discharged or relieved of a debt, obligation, office, and the like |
Discharge (v. t.) That which discharges or releases from an obligation, liability, penalty, etc., as a price of ransom, a legal document. |
Discharge (v. t.) A flowing or issuing out |
Force pump () A pump having a solid piston, or plunger, for drawing and forcing a liquid, as water, through the valves |
Force pump () A pump adapted for delivering water at a considerable height above the pump, or under a considerable pressure |
Hogger-pump (n.) The for pump in the pit. |
Pump (n.) A low shoe with a thin sole. |
Pump (n.) An hydraulic machine, variously constructed, for raising or transferring fluids, consisting essentially of a moving piece or piston working in a hollow cylinder or other cavity, with valves properly placed for admitting or retaining the fluid as it is drawn or driven through them by the action of the piston. |
Pump (v. t.) To raise with a pump, as water or other liquid. |
Pump (v. t.) To draw water, or the like, from |
Pump (v. t.) Figuratively, to draw out or obtain, as secrets or money, by persistent questioning or plying |
Pump (v. i.) To work, or raise water, a pump. |
Sprengel pump () A form of air pump in which exhaustion is produced by a stream of mercury running down a narrow tube, in the manner of an aspirator |
discharge firing firing off | the act of discharging a gun |
release waiver discharge | a formal written statement of relinquishment |
dismissal dismission discharge firing liberation release sack sacking | the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) |
honorable discharge | a discharge from the armed forces with a commendable record |
dishonorable discharge | a discharge from the armed forces for a grave offense (as sabotage or espionage or cowardice or murder) |
pump priming | introducing water into a pump to improve the seal and start the water flowing |
deficit spending compensatory spending pump priming | spending money raised by borrowing, used by governments to stimulate their economy |
discharge venting | the act of venting |
air pump vacuum pump | a pump that moves air in or out of something |
auxiliary pump donkey pump | a supplementary pump available if needed |
bicycle pump | a small pump that fills bicycle tires with air |
bilge pump | a pump to remove bilgewater |
centrifugal pump | a pump that use centrifugal force to discharge fluid into a pipe |
condensation pump diffusion pump | vacuum pump used to obtain a high vacuum |
discharge lamp | a lamp that generates light by a discharge between two electrodes in a gas |
discharge pipe | a pipe through which fluids can be discharged |
electric-discharge lamp gas-discharge lamp | an electric lamp in which the light comes from an electric discharge between two electrodes in a glass tube |
force pump | pump used to force a liquid up and expel it under pressure |
gas-discharge tube | a tube in which an electric discharge takes place through a gas |
gas pump gasoline pump petrol pump island dispenser | a pump in a service station that draws gasoline from underground storage tanks |
hand pump | a pump worked by hand |
heat pump | apparatus that extracts heat from a liquid that is at a higher temperature than its surroundings, can be used to transfer heat from a reservoir outside in order to heat a building |
hydraulic pump hydraulic ram | a water pump that uses the kinetic energy of flowing water to force a small fraction of that water to a reservoir at a higher level |
ion pump | a vacuum pump that removes gas by ionizing the atoms or molecules and adsorbing them on a metal surface |
lift pump | pump used to lift rather than force a liquid up |
oil pump | a pump that keeps a supply of oil on moving parts |
pump | a mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction |
pump | a lowut shoe without fastenings |
pump action slide action | action mechanism in a modern rifle or shotgun, a back and forward motion of a sliding lever ejects the empty shell case and cocks the firearm and loads a new round |
pump house pumping station | a house where pumps (e.g. to irrigate) are installed and operated |
pump room | a pump house at a spa where medicinal waters are pumped and where patrons gather |
pump-type pliers | a type of pliers |
pump well | an enclosure in the middle of a ship's hold that protects the ship's pumps |
spectator pump spectator | a woman's pump with medium heel, usually in contrasting colors for toe and heel |
stirrup pump | a hand-operated reciprocating pump, used in fighting fires |
stomach pump | a suction pump used to remove the contents of the stomach |
suction pump | a pump for raising fluids by suction |
sump pump | a suction pump for removing liquid from a sump |
water pump | the pump in the cooling system of an automobile that cause the water to circulate |
heart pump ticker | the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs, its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body, he stood still, his heart thumping wildly |
pump-and-dump scheme | an illegal scheme for making money by manipulating stock prices, the schemer persuades other people to buy the stock and then sells it himself as soon as the price of the stock rises |
discharge | the sudden giving off of energy |
electrical discharge | a discharge of electricity |
discharge outpouring run | the pouring forth of a fluid |
brush discharge | discharge between electrodes creating visible streamers of ionized particles |
corona discharge corona corposant St. Elmo's fire Saint Elmo's fire Saint Elmo's light Saint Ulmo's fire Saint Ulmo's light electric glow | an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere |
discharge spark arc electric arc electric discharge | electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field |
discharge emission expelling | any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body, the discharge of pus |
discharge emission | a substance that is emitted or released |
vaginal discharge | discharge of secretions from the cervical glands of the vagina, normally clear or white |