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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 Words From
- 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
Fold the parchment paper with the dry ingredients in half and pour into the stand mixer.
This will make it easy to pour the flour mixture into the stand mixer.
Place the thinly sliced shallots in a medium bowl and pour buttermilk over to coat.
Cover crust with parchment paper and pour in baking beans or weights.
“They would bend my head back, put a towel over my face and pour water over the towel,” Harrison was quoted as saying.
In the time of destruction they shall pour out their force: and they shall appease the wrath of him that made them.
He shall pour frost as salt upon the earth: and when it freezeth, it shall become like the tops of thistles.
The temptation to pour his financial troubles into the sympathetic ears of these two dear women he resisted.
Cela nous plaisoit fort, car aussy nos gens avoyent besoin 36 de temps pour s'armer et pavier.
Arrivs, Monsieur de Biancourt se mit en armes, pour en cet arroy aller veoir Meteourmite.
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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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