pour
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.
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.
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.
Origin of pour
1Other words from pour
- pour·a·ble, adjective
- pour·a·bil·i·ty, noun
- pourer, noun
- pour·ing·ly, adverb
- in·ter·pour, verb (used with object)
- re·pour, verb (used with object)
- un·pour·a·ble, adjective
- un·poured, adjective
Words that may be confused with pour
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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.
Q: What was your sensation when they were pouring water... what did you physically feel?
The Luxury Homes That Torture and Your Tax Dollars Built | Michael Daly | December 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHowever, Native Americans unhappy about the white settlers pouring into the Ohio Valley were reportedly waiting to attack him.
There was a time when the love-struck couple would kiss in the pouring rain.
Sex, Blood and Maroon 5: Pop Culture’s Wounds Run Deep | Lizzie Crocker | October 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe next day, he spent the morning at Memorial Stadium pouring cokes at an Oriole party for a hundred poor children.
Various impulses urged him into a pouring flood of words; yet he gave expression to none of them.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodThe capture of Independence greatly elated the guerrillas, and recruits came pouring in by the hundreds.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnShe 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 PenroseHe 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
/ (pɔː) /
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
a pouring, downpour, etc
Origin of pour
1usage For pour
Derived forms of pour
- pourer, noun
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Other Idioms and Phrases with 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
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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