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pour
[ pawr, pohr ]
verb (used with object)
- 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.
- to emit or propel, especially continuously or rapidly:
The hunter poured bullets into the moving object.
- to produce or utter in or as in a stream or flood (often followed by out ):
to pour out one's troubles to a friend.
verb (used without object)
- to issue, move, or proceed in great quantity or number:
Crowds poured from the stadium after the game.
- to flow forth or along; stream:
Floodwaters poured over the embankments.
- to rain heavily (often used impersonally with it as subject):
It was pouring, but fortunately we had umbrellas.
noun
- the act of pouring.
- an abundant or continuous flow or stream:
a pour of insults.
- a heavy fall of rain.
- a wine or other beverage:
a list of the best pours.
pour
/ pɔː /
verb
- to flow or cause to flow in a stream
- tr to issue, emit, etc, in a profuse way
- Alsopour with rain introften foll bydown to rain heavily
it's pouring down outside
- intr to move together in large numbers; swarm
- intr to serve tea, coffee, etc
shall I pour?
- it never rains but it poursevents, esp unfortunate ones, come together or occur in rapid succession
- pour cold water on informal.to be unenthusiastic about or discourage
- pour oil on troubled watersto try to calm a quarrel, etc
noun
- a pouring, downpour, etc
Usage
Derived Forms
- ˈpourer, noun
Other Word Forms
- poura·ble adjective
- poura·bili·ty noun
- pourer noun
- pouring·ly adverb
- inter·pour verb (used with object)
- re·pour verb (used with object)
- un·poura·ble adjective
- un·poured adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of pour1
Word History and Origins
Origin of pour1
Idioms and Phrases
- it never rains but it pours
Example Sentences
Trump doesn’t even care about the crime victim pouring her heart out in the briefing room.
I wonder if there are ways that larger institutions can support many different kinds of theater making, like pouring into smaller artist collectives in a way that enables them to create with autonomy.
As smokes poured out of the vehicle, officers rushed to surround it.
On board the Star Express, the cocktails are poured and the karaoke microphone is passed around, as retirees party their way through China's south-western Yunnan province.
"My leg stopped working. When I looked down, blood was pouring."
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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