Antonyms for pumping up

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : puhmp

Phonetic Transcription : pʌmp

Definition of pumping up

Origin : "apparatus for forcing liquid or air," early 15c., of uncertain origin, possibly from Middle Dutch pompe "water conduit, pipe," or Middle Low German pumpe "pump" (Modern German Pumpe), both from some North Sea sailors' word, possibly of imitative origin.

As in approval : noun good opinion
As in kudos : noun praise, acclaim
As in recognition : noun appreciation given
As in acclaim : noun expression of approval
As in commendation : noun giving of praise; acclaim
As in inflate : verb blow up, increase
As in blow up : verb inflate
As in vitalize : verb energize
As in energize : verb activate; give more life
As in fill : verb to put in and occupy the whole of

Example sentences :

Some were for pumping up water, some for sawing logs, and some for grinding grain.
Extract from : « Rollo in Holland » by Jacob Abbott

He very likely carries a bagful of golf-sticks, or is pumping up his bicycle.
Extract from : « Back Home » by Eugene Wood

It was pumping up the food from its craw, in the same way that a pigeon does.
Extract from : « In a Cheshire Garden » by Geoffrey Egerton-Warburton

It was a slanting trench, indefinitely deep, and pumping up blood from the bottom.
Extract from : « The Debatable Land » by Arthur Colton

Powerful steam-engines, for pumping up sewage from low levels, are used as they are required.
Extract from : « Collins' Illustrated Guide to London and Neighbourhood » by Anonymous

The heat produced in pumping up a bicycle tire is the classic example of the latter fact.
Extract from : « Meteorology » by Charles Fitzhugh Talman

Wishing to do the trick alone, Jim had taken no chauffeur; and he wasn't as expert at pumping up tyres as at breaking in bronchos.
Extract from : « The Brightener » by C. N. Williamson

It was when I was pumping up that new inner tube that I decided to domesticate my automobile.
Extract from : « The Adventures Of A Suburbanite » by Ellis Parker Butler

Farther on the party came to an immense wind mill, which was employed in pumping up water.
Extract from : « Rollo in Holland » by Jacob Abbott

It has then exhausted all the dodges of puffery in pumping up an unusual degree of excitement.
Extract from : « Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 436 » by Various

Synonyms for pumping up

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