sump en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /sʌmp/
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Etymology
From Middle English sompe, either from Middle Dutch somp, sump or Middle Low German sump from Old Saxon *sump, from Proto-West Germanic *sump, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sumpaz. Doublet of swamp.
Meanings
- A hollow or pit into which liquid drains, such as a cesspool, cesspit or sink.
- The lowest part of a mineshaft into which water drains.
- A completely flooded cave passage, sometimes passable by diving.
- The crankcase or oil reservoir of an internal combustion engine.
- The pit at the lowest point in a circulating or drainage system (FM 55-501).
- An intentional depression around a drain or scupper that promotes drainage.
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(Scotland) A sudden or heavy fall of rain; a deluge.
"Me and the lads did it this morn." "It was pouring!" Brody said. "If I was tae stop an activity because of a sump o' rain, I'd never get anythin' done," Finn remarked with a twinkle in his eye.
2024 January 23, Traci Hall, Murder at a Scottish Castle, Kensington Cozies, →ISBN, page 12:then, seating himself thus, he replied to him of the east.—'Sounding sump o' rain Saunders Creeshmeloof—saw ye ever a drap o' rain for eight and forty hours after the bonnie sinking sun that sat sae red and sae lang on the summit of Blackwood hills this blessed afternoon? That starry plow o' thine is […]'
1821, “Mark Macrabin, the Cameronian”, in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, page 147:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sumph | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| sumps | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
sump oil · dry sump · sumpweed · sumpy · sump tank · sumplike · sump pit · sump pump · wet sump · sumpless · sumpman
Translations (29)
bg картер (crankcase) · tr çukur (hollow or pit) · ru зумпф (lowest part of a mineshaft) · ota چوقور (hollow or pit) · cs hluboká jeskyně (completely flooded cave passage) · pl rząp (lowest part of a mineshaft) · fr fosse d'aisances (hollow or pit) · fr bassin (hollow or pit) · de Sumpf (hollow or pit) · sh karter ulja (crankcase) · fi kaivo (hollow or pit) · fr carter d'huile (crankcase) · fr puisard (hollow or pit) · de Ölsumpf (crankcase) · fr puisard ((nautical) pit at the lowest point) · fi öljysumppu (crankcase) · bg канал (hollow or pit) · pt cárter (crankcase) · fr siphon (completely flooded cave passage) · pl syfon (completely flooded cave passage) · fi vesikuoppa (hollow or pit) · de Grube (hollow or pit) · cs čerpací jímka (lowest part of a mineshaft) · es cárter (crankcase) · fr carter humide (crankcase) · fi öljysäiliö (crankcase) · bg водосборна яма (lowest part of a mineshaft) · de Schachtsumpf (lowest part of a mineshaft) · fr puisard ((construction) intentional depression)