pump
noun
an apparatus or machine for raising, driving, exhausting, or compressing fluids or gases by means of a piston, plunger, or set of rotating vanes.
has pumped
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present perfectof pump (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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It has pumped heavy oil in California for 30 years, supplying the likes of Chevron in the state, and has developed fields in West Africa and Europe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
The construction projects are likely funded by an economic revival that has pumped cash, financial resources and material goods into the regime.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Johnson, squeezed into a wig so tight we get a vicarious headache, has pumped up his deltoids to nearly reach his prosthetic cauliflower ears.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025
It has pumped billions into a contentious trade and infrastructure programme, better known as the Belt and Road initiative, to shore up ties with the so-called Global South.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2025
I know," said Axel, "and I know also the spring at which he has pumped.
From Seed-time and Harvest A Novel by Fritz Reuter
