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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar

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pump iron

US pronunciation

American soundpump iron

pumpiron

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: Use the US audio for stress
Vowel: Spelling-based estimate
Ending: Clear final sound

pump - iron -> pump iron

Myanmar meaning

Full entry

pump¹ /pʌmp/ n

၁။ (ရေ၊ အရည်) စုပ်စက်။ (လေ) ထိုးပိုက်၊ ထိုးတံ၊ ထိုးစက်၊ မှုတ်စက်။ (အရည်၊ အငွေ့) ပို့စက်။ ပံ့စက်။ a petrol/ foot/ bicycle pump ❍ A pump in the boiler sends hot water round the central heating system. See also STOMACH-PUMP
၂။ (ပံ့စက်၏ ပြွန်ကျပ်ပိုင်း) တစ်ကြိမ် ထိုးချက်။ After several pumps, the water began to flow.
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၁။ (က) (ရေ၊ အရည်၊ လေ၊ အငွေ့ စသည်ကို) စုပ်ထုတ်၊ ထိုးသွင်း၊ ပို့လွှတ်သည်။ pump air into a tyre ❍ pump water from a well ❍ The heart pumps blood round the body. ❍ The lake had been pumped dry. ❍ You will need to pump hard for several minutes to fill the tank. (ခ) (အရည်) ပန်းထွက်သည်။ Blood was pumping out of the wound in his leg.
၂။ (က) ခုန်သည်။ His heart was pumping with excitement. (ခ) (infml ) (ဘရိတ်ကို) တော့နင်း သည်။ (လက်ကို အထက်အောက်လှုပ်ယမ်း၍) လက်ဆွဲနှုတ်ဆက် သည်။ I pumped the brakes but nothing happened. ❍ He pumped my hand (up and down) vigorously.
၃။ ထိုးသွင်း သည်။ He was pumped full of drugs.
၄။ ~ sb (for sth) (infml ) အစ်အောက်ကြည့်သည်။ We tried to pump him for more details.
❏ pump sth in/ into sth [PHRV ] (ငွေ၊ လုပ်အား စသည် အလျှံပယ်) ထည့်သည်၊ မြှုပ်နှံသည်။ The government has pumped a great deal of money into the project.
❏ pump iron [IDM ](infml ) အလေးမသည်။
❏ pump sth out [PHRV ] (infml ) ဝေါခနဲ ထုတ်သည်။ loudspeakers pumping out rock music ❍ Our cars pump out thousands of tonnes of poisonous fumes every year.
❏ pump priming n [U] (esp US ) (လုပ်ငန်းတစ်ရပ် ကြီးထွားတိုးတက်လာစေရန် အစိုးရက) ငွေပင်ငွေရင်း စိုက်ထုတ် မြှုပ်နှံပေးခြင်း။ ချူဆီထည့်ခြင်း။
❏ pump-room n (Brit ) (ဆေးဖက်ဝင်သည်ဟု ယူဆသော ဓာတ်ဆားပျော်ဝင်ရည်ပါသည့်) စမ်းရေ သောက်သုံးရန်အခန်း။
❏ pump sth up [PHRV ] လေထိုးသည်။

pump² /pʌmp/ n

ပေါ့ပါးသော ရှူးဖိနပ်မျိုး။

More examples

An air/a fuel pump
A hand/foot pump (=operated with your hand or foot)
The pump of blood around his body

Synonyms

force, drive, impel, propel, thrust, push, baboosh, babouche, bail out, basketball shoe, blow up, boat shoe, bubbler, cowboy boot, cross examine, cross-examine, debrief, deflate, dilate, distend, draft, drain, draw, draw off, draw out, drive out, elevate, empty, expand, fill, flip flop, flipflop, footgear, force out, fountain, give the third degree, golf shoe, grill, hightop, hightops, inflate, inject, interrogate, mainspring, mule, pantofle, penny loafer, platform shoe, pour, probe, query, question, question relentlessly, quiz, running shoe, send, shoe, siphon, slipper, slipshoe, supply, swell, tap, wellhead, wing-tip, work shoe, worm out of

Antonyms

answer, compress, contract, deflate, lessen, reply, shrink

Cross references

force drive impel propel thrust push baboosh babouche bail out basketball shoe blow up boat shoe bubbler cowboy boot cross examine cross-examine debrief deflate dilate distend draft drain draw draw off draw out drive out elevate empty

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