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pour
/poɹ/
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What does pour mean?
verb
- To cause (liquid, or liquid-like substance) to flow in a stream, either out of a container or into it.
- (figuratively) To send out as in a stream or a flood; to cause (an emotion) to come out; to cause to escape.
- To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly.
More meanings (9)
verb
- To flow, pass, or issue in a stream; to fall continuously and abundantly.
- To rain hard.
- Of a beverage, to be on tap or otherwise available for serving to customers.
- To move in a throng, as a crowd.
- To move (a drunk or unsteady person) into or out of a place or vehicle.
- Misspelling of pore.
noun
- The act of pouring.
- Something, or an amount, poured.
- A downpour; a flood of precipitation.
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IPA pronunciation
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The sky, it seems, would pour down stinking pitch, But that the sea, mounting to th’ welkin’s cheek, Dashes the fire out.
They have an air which many of my children, despite all the good manners I can pour into them, will forever lack.
More book examples (3)
And, if the people do not pour out their indignation and imprecations, I have yet to learn the character of American freemen.
Add some good gravy and mashed-up tomatoes, and after having cooked this for a few minutes pour it into good boiling stock.
The surface of a forest, in its natural condition, can never pour forth such deluges of water as flow from cultivated soil.