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



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