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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
/ ɔː /
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
- ˈdzܰ, noun
Other Word Forms
- dzܰa· adjective
- dzܰa·i·ٲ noun
- dzܰİ noun
- dzܰiԲ· adverb
- t·dzܰ verb (used with object)
- ·dzܰ verb (used with object)
- un·dzܰa· adjective
- ܲ·dzܰ 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
Stir in nuts and pour into prepared pan.
On TikTok, users have demanded a boycott of American products, filming themselves pouring Coca Cola down the drain.
China has always been known as the world's factory - but it has been pouring billions into becoming a far more advanced one.
But the most painful thing were the hives - red, raised bumps on the skin - which felt "like boiling water had been poured over me".
Imagine two spigots pouring money into three buckets.
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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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