pour

American  

[pawr, pohr] / pɔr, poʊr /

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.

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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 British  

/ pɔː /

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. informal to be unenthusiastic about or discourage

8. to try to calm a quarrel, etc

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noun

1. a pouring, downpour, etc

pour Idioms  

More idioms and phrases containing pour

• it never rains but it pours

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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

Other Word Forms

• interpour verb (used with object)
• pourability noun
• pourable adjective
• pourer noun
• pouringly adverb
• repour verb (used with object)
• unpourable adjective
• unpoured adjective

Etymology

Origin of pour

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English pouren; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

Smoke poured from the windows of the three-bedroom manufactured home as flames licked up the structure.

From Los Angeles Times

Taiwanese companies would pour $250 billion into America, and Taipei pledged credit guarantees of another $250 billion to facilitate a chip supply chain.

From The Wall Street Journal

Now, that is worth remembering - especially when you hear people pour vitriol on the whole idea of heat pumps.

From BBC

A global semiconductor arms race is under way as major technology companies pour resources into designing AI chips.

From The Wall Street Journal

Howard Marks opines that index investors are, unwisely, simply pouring money into the largest stocks regardless of value.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• cascade
• discharge
• drain
• flood
• flow
• gush
• rush
• spew
• spill
• splash
• stream
• swarm