Sekirov Dictionary

pour

UK /pɔː/US /poɹ/

verb 8
noun 3
forms 7
phrases 12

verb8

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to make water, sand or similar stuff run out of something that holds it, or into it
- to pour oil onto chips
- to pour out sand or dust.
•
To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly.
- Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat? — 1733
•
To flow, pass, or issue in a stream; to fall continuously and abundantly.
- the rain poured down.
•
To rain hard.
- It's pouring outside.
•
To move in a throng, as a crowd.
- The people poured out of the theater.
•
(figurative) To send out as in a stream or a flood; to cause (an emotion) to come out; to cause to escape.
- My teacher poured scorn on my attempts at writing.
•
To move (a drunk or unsteady person) into or out of a place or vehicle.
- She poured him into a taxi and handed the driver the fare.
Of a beverage, to be on tap or otherwise available for serving to customers.

noun3

•
The act of pouring.
- The bartender's inexpert pour left me with a pint of beer that was half foam.
•
Something, or an amount, poured.
- Over this time period, the first concrete pour has not only lost workability but has started to set so that it is no longer affected by the action of a vibrator. — 2003
•
(informal) A downpour; a flood of precipitation.
- Then, as if to give the lie to the offensive insinuation, he mounted his horse, and rode home ten miles in a pour of rain, without a great coat or umbrella. — 1831

forms

pour'd · poured · pouredst · pouring · poureth · pours · pourest

Phrases with pour

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