PUMPED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pumped mean? 

• PUMPED (adjective)
  The adjective PUMPED has 1 sense:

1. tense with excitement and enthusiasm as from a rush of adrenaline

  Familiarity information: PUMPED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PUMPED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tense with excitement and enthusiasm as from a rush of adrenaline

Synonyms:

pumped; pumped-up; pumped up; wired

Context example:

he was so pumped he couldn't sleep

Similar:

tense (in or of a state of physical or nervous tension)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

 Context examples 

They found that both bind to the pump’s primary central binding site, preventing serotonin from binding and being pumped into the neuron.

(Serotonin transporter structure revealed, NIH)

Outside the accretion disk, materials are continuously pumped from all directions to the center by gravity to feed the black hole with an endless appetite.

(Astronomers Study How Quasars Are Powered by Accretion Disks, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

According to Argos, the study findings indicated a direct, linear association of lead exposure with systolic blood pressure that measures the force of blood pumped through the body when heart contracts.

(Micronutrients can counter lead effects in blood pressure, SciDev.Net)

The room was situated over the laundry and was in the same building with the engine that pumped water, made electricity, and ran the laundry machinery.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

They pumped carbon dioxide over the plants to simulate the atmosphere of the future.

(Planet-Warming Gases Make Some Food Less Nutritious, Study Says, Steve Baragona/VOA)

Intravenously administered drug is diluted in the pooled venous blood and pumped through lungs before entering systematic circulation (lung first-pass effect).

(Intravenous infusion, NCI Thesaurus)

This is especially a problem in Bangladesh, where it is estimated that groundwater pumped from shallow aquifers for irrigation adds one million kilograms of arsenic per year to arable soil.

(Parboiling husked rice reduces arsenic content, SciDev.Net)

Only land downhill from the aqueduct is irrigated; water is not pumped uphill.

(NASA Map Reveals a New Landslide Risk Factor, NASA)

A Cardiovascular Effect involves a change in the existing function of biologic molecules and complexes, or cellular, cell, or tissue components of the heart and vascular system by which blood is pumped and circulated through the body to provide tissues with oxygen and nutrients and to remove waste products.

(Cardiovascular Effect, NCI Thesaurus)

Cardiovascular Alteration involves a change in the existing function of biologic molecules and complexes, or cellular, cell, or tissue components of the heart and vascular system by which blood is pumped and circulated through the body to provide tissues with oxygen and nutrients and to remove waste products.

(Cardiovascular Alteration, NCI Thesaurus)