pour

[ pawr, pohr ]

/ pɔr, poʊr /

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 invective.

a heavy fall of rain.

Origin of pour

1300–50; Middle English pouren; origin uncertain

OTHER WORDS FROM pour

pour·a·ble, adjective pour·a·bil·i·ty, noun pour·er, noun pour·ing·ly, adverb

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

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH pour

pause paws pores pours

Words nearby pour

poundage, poundal, pounder, poupart's ligament, poupart's line, pour, pour cold water on, pour encourager les autres, pour le mérite, pour oil on troubled waters, pour on the coal

Example sentences from the Web for poured

He poured millions into building Foxcatcher Farm, a wrestling facility boasting top-of-the-line weight machines.

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All these debates and doings made for juicy news, and the men of the local staff, ably bossed by Callahan, poured it out daily.

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He poured the foundation for the concrete road Obama would ride to victory twenty years later.

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Demurely they poured drinks and politely tried to speak English.

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Once dried, a liquid, such as plaster, wax, or bronze, is poured in for a perfect representation of the face.

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Morewood came back, sat down, and poured out a glass of wine.

Quisant |Anthony Hope
Sow, the receptacle into which the liquid iron is poured in a gun-foundry.

The Slang Dictionary |John Camden Hotten
Suddenly she turned, poured herself into the cabin and exploded.

Castellinaria |Henry Festing Jones
He poured out his tea and sat down in a chair opposite to her, and close to her.

The Woman With The Fan |Robert Hichens
The agony was great, and the language that poured from the patient was of an extremely lurid character.

The Call Of The South |Louis Becke

British Dictionary definitions for poured

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 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 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

Idioms and Phrases with poured

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

also see:

it never rains but it pours

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pour

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verb (used without object)

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Words nearby pour

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