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Meaning of 'pour' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Pour [ a.]
- Poor.
2 . Pour [ n.]
- A stream, or something like a stream; a flood.
3 . Pour [ v. i.]
- To pore.
- 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.
4 . Pour [ v. t.]
- 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.
- To send forth as in a stream or a flood; to emit; to let escape freely or wholly.
- To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly.

Meaning of 'pour' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . pour [ v]
Meaning (1):
- move in large numbers
Example in sentence:
  • beggars pullulated in the plaza;
  • people were pouring out of the theater
Meaning (2):
- pour out
Example in sentence:
  • effused brine;
  • the sommelier decanted the wines
Meaning (3):
- cause to run
Example in sentence:
  • pour water over the floor
Meaning (4):
- rain heavily
Example in sentence:
  • Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!
Meaning (5):
- flow in a spurt
Example in sentence:
  • Water poured all over the floor
Meaning (6):
- supply in large amounts or quantities
Example in sentence:
  • We poured money into the education of our children

Nearby Words:

pouch pouch-mouthed pouch-shell pouched pouchet box pouching pouchong poudre poudrette poulaine

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