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pumping

[ puhm-ping ]

noun

  1. the act or process of pumping or the action of a pump.
  2. Meteorology. rapid change in the height of the column in a mercury barometer, resulting from fluctuations in the surrounding air pressure.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pumping1

First recorded in 1590–1600; pump 1 + -ing 1
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Example Sentences

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Environmental advocates said they are concerned about the increase in pumping.

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In Orange County, he took a job pumping gas, and then as a supervisor in shipping and receiving for a firm that produced practice bombs for the Navy.

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Five pumping plants would be built to lift water more than 1,600 feet along the route across the desert.

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The Los Angeles Times found that the federal government’s pumping facility had been delivering less water because of routine maintenance.

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SeaCURE processes the seawater to remove the carbon before pumping it back out to sea where it absorbs more CO2.

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