POUR
pour, swarm, stream, teem, pullulate
(verb) move in large numbers; “people were pouring out of the theater”; “beggars pullulated in the plaza”
pour
(verb) flow in a spurt; “Water poured all over the floor”
pour
(verb) cause to run; “pour water over the floor”
decant, pour, pour out
(verb) pour out; “the sommelier decanted the wines”
pour
(verb) supply in large amounts or quantities; “We poured money into the education of our children”
pour, pelt, stream, rain cats and dogs, rain buckets
(verb) rain heavily; “Put on your rain coat-- it’s pouring outside!”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
pour (third-person singular simple present pours, present participle pouring, simple past and past participle poured)
(transitive) To cause (liquid, or liquid-like substance) to flow in a stream, either out of a container or into it.
(transitive, figurative) To send out as in a stream or a flood; to cause (an emotion) to come out; to cause to escape.
(transitive) To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly.
(intransitive) To flow, pass or issue in a stream; to fall continuously and abundantly.
(impersonal) To rain hard.
(intransitive) Of a beverage, to be on tap or otherwise available for serving to customers.
(intransitive) To move in a throng, as a crowd.
Synonyms
• (pour a drink): shink, skink
Noun
pour (plural pours)
The act of pouring.
Something, or an amount, poured.
(colloquial) A downpour, or flood of precipitation.
Etymology 2
Verb
pour
Misspelling of pore.
Anagrams
• puro, roup
Source: Wiktionary
Pour, a.
Definition: Poor. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Pour, v. i.
Definition: To pore. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Pour, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Poured; p. pr. & vb. n. Pouring.] Etym:
[OE. pouren, of uncertain origin; cf. W. bwrw to cast, throw, shed,
bwrw gwlaw to rain.]
1. To cause to flow in a stream, as a liquid or anything flowing like
a liquid, either out of a vessel or into it; as, to pour water from a
pail; to pour wine into a decanter; to pour oil upon the waters; to
pour out sand or dust.
2. To send forth as in a stream or a flood; to emit; to let escape
freely or wholly.
I . . . have poured out my soul before the Lord. 1 Sam. i. 15.
Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee. Ezek. vii. 8.
London doth pour out her citizens ! Shak.
Wherefore did Nature pour her bounties forth With such a full and
unwithdrawing hand Milton.
3. To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly.
Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat Pope.
Pour, v. i.
Definition: To flow, pass, or issue in a stream, or as a stream; to fall
continuously and abundantly; as, the rain pours; the people poured
out of the theater.
In the rude throng pour on with furious pace. Gay.
Pour, n.
Definition: A stream, or something like a stream; a flood. [Colloq.] "A
pour of rain." Miss Ferrier.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition