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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 byout ).
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
/ ±èÉ”Ë /
verb
to flow or cause to flow in a stream
(tr) to issue, emit, etc, in a profuse way
Also: pour with rain.Ìýto rain heavily
it's pouring down outside
(intr) to move together in large numbers; swarm
(intr) to serve tea, coffee, etc
shall I pour?
events, esp unfortunate ones, come together or occur in rapid succession
informalÌýto be unenthusiastic about or discourage
to try to calm a quarrel, etc
noun
a pouring, downpour, etc
Usage
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- pourable adjective
- pourability noun
- pourer noun
- pouringly adverb
- interpour verb (used with object)
- repour verb (used with object)
- unpourable adjective
- unpoured adjective
- ˈ±è´Ç³Ü°ù±ð°ù noun
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of pour1
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of pour1
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
Dighton threw one Molotov cocktail at a police van, but it failed to ignite, so he poured petrol onto another and set it alight.
I think in part it was so moving because we poured so much into it.
On Wednesday, tips about raids continued to pour in to the hotline as enforcement actions continued.
What is clear as the numbers and charts from the Spending Review are poured over is the difference between a Labour government and a Conservative one.
Tributes have been pouring in for the beloved musician.
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