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Pour Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Pour?
[v] move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza"
[v] flow in a spurt; of liquids; "Water poured all over the floor" [v] cause to run; of liquids [v] pour out; of wines or sherry [v] supply in large amounts or quantities; "We poured money into the education of our children" [v] rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!" Synonyms | Synonyms for Pour: pelt | pullulate | rain buckets | rain cats and dogs | stream | stream | swarm | teem Related Terms | Find terms related to Pour: abound | accord | administer | afford | allot | allow | award | bail | beat | bestow | bestow on | blow out | brash | bristle with | bucket | burst of rain | cascade | cast forth | cataclysm | cataract | cloudburst | communicate | confer | course | crawl with | creep with | crowd | cup | deal | deal out | debouch | decant | deluge | dip | discharge | disembogue | disgorge | dish | dish out | dish up | dispense | dole | dole out | donate | downfall | downflow | downpour | drain | drain out | drench | drencher | drizzle | drum | ebb | ejaculate | emerge | emit | empty | eruct | erupt | exhaust | expel | extend | extravasate | exuberate | fall | find vent | flood | flooding | flow | flow back | flow in | flow out | flush | fork | fork out | fresh | freshet | gift | gift with | give | give freely | give off | give out | go forth | grant | gush | gush out | gushing rain | hand out | heap | heavy rain | help to | impart | inundate | inundation | issue | issue forth | jet | ladle | lash | lavish | let have | let out | make | mete | mete out | mizzle | Niagara | offer | outflow | outpour | overflow | patter | pelt | pitter-patter | plash | pour forth | pour out | pour with rain | precipitate | present | proceed | proffer | proliferate | rain | rain tadpoles | rainburst | rainspout | rainstorm | regurgitate | render | rill | river | roll | run | run out | run over | rush | sally forth | scoop | scud | send forth | send out | serve | set | shell out | shovel | shower | shower down | slip | sluice | sluice out | snow | soaker | soaking rain | spade | spate | spatter | spew | spew out | spit | spoon | spout | spout out | spring | sprinkle | spurt | squirt | stream | surge | surge back | swarm | swarm with | tattoo | teem | teem with | tender | throng | throw out | torrent | torrent of rain | trend | void | vomit forth | vouchsafe | waterflood | waterspout | weep | well | well out | yield See Also | belt down | bolt down | course | crowd | crowd together | decant | displace | down | dribble | drink down | drip | effuse | flow | furnish | gush | kill | move | pour | pour down | pour forth | pour out | provide | rain | rain down | regurgitate | render | run | shed | sheet | sluice | sluice down | spill | spill out | spill over | spirt | spout | spurt | supply | toss off | transfuse Pour In Webster's Dictionary \Pour\, a.
Poor. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
\Pour\, v. i. To pore. [Obs.] --Chaucer. \Pour\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Poured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pouring}.] [OE. pouren, of uncertain origin; cf. W. bwrw to cast, throw, shed, bwrw gwlaw to rain.] 1. To cause to flow in a stream, as a liquid or anything flowing like a liquid, either out of a vessel or into it; as, to pour water from a pail; to pour wine into a decanter; to pour oil upon the waters; to pour out sand or dust. 2. To send forth as in a stream or a flood; to emit; to let escape freely or wholly. I . . . have poured out my soul before the Lord. --1 Sam. i. 15. Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee. --Ezek. vii. 8. London doth pour out her citizens ! --Shak. Wherefore did Nature pour her bounties forth With such a full and unwithdrawing hand ? --Milton. 3. To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly. Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat ? --Pope. \Pour\, v. i. To flow, pass, or issue in a stream, or as a stream; to fall continuously and abundantly; as, the rain pours; the people poured out of the theater. In the rude throng pour on with furious pace. --Gay. \Pour\, n. A stream, or something like a stream; a flood. [Colloq.] ``A pour of rain.'' --Miss Ferrier. |
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