pour

[ pawr, pohr ]

/ pɔr, poʊr /

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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.

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Origin of pour

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

OTHER WORDS FROM pour

pour·a·ble, adjectivepour·a·bil·i·ty, nounpourer, nounpour·ing·ly, adverb

in·ter·pour, verb (used with object)re·pour, verb (used with object)un·pour·a·ble, adjectiveun·poured, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH pour

pause, paws, pores, pours

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How to use pour in a sentence

He was grabbing my hips and he was pouring with perspiration and he had this cheesy smile.
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Q: What was your sensation when they were pouring water... what did you physically feel?
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However, Native Americans unhappy about the white settlers pouring into the Ohio Valley were reportedly waiting to attack him.
Washington’s Wheeler-Dealer Patriotism|William O’Connor|October 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There was a time when the love-struck couple would kiss in the pouring rain.
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The next day, he spent the morning at Memorial Stadium pouring cokes at an Oriole party for a hundred poor children.
Will the Real Jim Palmer Please Stand Up|Tom Boswell|September 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Various impulses urged him into a pouring flood of words; yet he gave expression to none of them.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
The capture of Independence greatly elated the guerrillas, and recruits came pouring in by the hundreds.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn
She meets a sympathetic soul, and you come across her pouring into his ear the love and despair of a lifetime.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
“We saw the smoke pouring out of the window,” and she darted in and started up the front stairway.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn|Margaret Penrose
He saw this water pouring over other dams, turning water wheels, giving power to mills and factories.
Scattergood Baines|Clarence Budington Kelland

British Dictionary definitions for pour

pour

/ (pɔː) /

verb

to flow or cause to flow in a stream

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

Also: pour with rain (intr often foll by down) to rain heavilyit's pouring down outside

(intr) to move together in large numbers; swarm

(intr) to serve tea, coffee, etcshall I pour?

it never rains but it pours events, 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 waters to try to calm a quarrel, etc

noun

a pouring, downpour, etc

Derived forms of pour

pourer, noun

Word Origin for pour

C13: of unknown origin

usage for pour

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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pour

In addition to the idioms beginning with pour

pour cold water on
pour oil on troubled waters
pour on the coal
pour out one's heart

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it never rains but it pours

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