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pour

[pawr, pohr]

verb (used with object)

  1. to send (a liquid, fluid, or anything in loose particles) flowing or falling, as from one container to another, or into, over, or on something.

    to pour a glass of milk; to pour water on a plant.

  2. to emit or propel, especially continuously or rapidly.

    The hunter poured bullets into the moving object.

  3. to produce or utter in or as in a stream or flood (often followed byout ).

    to pour out one's troubles to a friend.



verb (used without object)

  1. to issue, move, or proceed in great quantity or number.

    Crowds poured from the stadium after the game.

  2. to flow forth or along; stream.

    Floodwaters poured over the embankments.

  3. to rain heavily (often used impersonally with it as subject).

    It was pouring, but fortunately we had umbrellas.

noun

  1. the act of pouring.

  2. an abundant or continuous flow or stream.

    a pour of insults.

  3. a heavy fall of rain.

  4. a wine or other beverage.

    a list of the best pours.

pour

/ ɔː /

verb

  1. to flow or cause to flow in a stream

  2. (tr) to issue, emit, etc, in a profuse way

  3. Also: pour with rain.to rain heavily

    it's pouring down outside

  4. (intr) to move together in large numbers; swarm

  5. (intr) to serve tea, coffee, etc

    shall I pour?

  6. events, esp unfortunate ones, come together or occur in rapid succession

  7. informalto be unenthusiastic about or discourage

  8. to try to calm a quarrel, etc

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a pouring, downpour, etc

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Usage

The verbs pour and pore are sometimes confused: she poured cream over her strudel; she pored (not poured ) over the manuscript
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Other Word Forms

  • pourable adjective
  • pourability noun
  • pourer noun
  • pouringly adverb
  • interpour verb (used with object)
  • repour verb (used with object)
  • unpourable adjective
  • unpoured adjective
  • ˈdzܰ noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pour1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English pouren; origin uncertain
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pour1

C13: of unknown origin
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Idioms and Phrases

In addition to the idioms beginning with pour, also see it never rains but it pours.
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Example Sentences

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Dighton threw one Molotov cocktail at a police van, but it failed to ignite, so he poured petrol onto another and set it alight.

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I think in part it was so moving because we poured so much into it.

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On Wednesday, tips about raids continued to pour in to the hotline as enforcement actions continued.

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is clear as the numbers and charts from the Spending Review are poured over is the difference between a Labour government and a Conservative one.

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Tributes have been pouring in for the beloved musician.

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