pumped
PUMPT/pʌmpt/
- 1Simple past and past participle of pump. Use it for pumping that already happened.
She pumped air into the flat tire before the trip.
They pumped water out of the basement after the storm.
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- 4So tired in the arms and hands that holding on becomes hard.
Like your arms turning to jelly after carrying heavy bags too far.
By the top of the route, my forearms were completely pumped.
He got so pumped on the steep section that he could barely close his hands.
Similarexhausted, tired, drained, weary, spent
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- 5Wearing pumps, which are a kind of shoe.
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pumped is a form of pump
pump, verb: To use a pump, or to move water or another liquid with one. Full entry
- Spelling
- pump → pumped: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /t/.
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