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 invective.
a heavy fall of rain.
Origin of pour
1300–50;Middle Englishpouren; origin uncertain
Related formspour·a·ble, adjectivepour·a·bil·i·ty, nounpour·er, nounpour·ing·ly, adverbin·ter·pour, verb (used with object)re·pour, verb (used with object)trans·pour, verb (used with object)un·pour·a·ble, adjectiveun·poured, adjectiveCan be confusedpausepawsporespours
"raining heavily," c.1600, present participle adjective from pour (v.).
pour
v.
c.1300, of unknown origin, not in Old English; perhaps from Old French (Flanders dialect) purer "to sift (grain), pour out (water)," from Latin purare "to purify," from purus "pure" (see pure). Replaced Old English geotan. Intransitive sense from 1530s. Related: Poured; pouring; pourable. As a noun from 1790.
