pumped
/pʌmpt/ adjective B1- Pumped up; excited. · I'm feeling pumped for the game on Friday.
- Pumped up; having muscles in an engorged state following exercise.
- Wearing pumps (the type of shoe).
- Very tired, especially when too fatigued to grip handholds well. · I was so pumped by the end of the climb that I could barely hold onto the jugs.
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‘All hands to the pumps!’ I shouted; but it was too late, and it seemed the more we pumped the more came in.
Multiply that by thousands of rooftops, add asphalt streets and the warm air pumped out by countless air conditioners, and you end up with what scientists call an urban heat island: a city that stays noticeably warmer than the countryside around it, especially at night.
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