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pour  (pôr, pr)

v. poured, pour·ing, pours

v.tr.

1. To make (a liquid or granular solid) stream or flow, as from a container.

2. To send forth, produce, express, or utter copiously, as if in a stream or flood: poured money into the project; poured out my inner thoughts.

v.intr.

1. To stream or flow continuously or profusely.

2. To rain hard or heavily.

3. To pass or proceed in large numbers or quantity: Students poured into the auditorium.

4. To serve a beverage, such as tea or coffee, to a gathering: We need someone to pour.

n.

A pouring or flowing forth, especially a downpour of rain.

Idiom:

pour it on Informal

1. To move or perform an activity at maximum speed or intensity.

2. To speak or express oneself continuously or elaborately.

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[Middle English pouren, perhaps from Old North French purer, to sift, pour out, from Latin prre, to purify, from prus, pure; see peu- in Indo-European roots.]

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pourer n.

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pour

Verb

1. to flow or cause to flow out in a stream

2. to rain heavily

3. to be given or obtained in large amounts: foreign aid is pouring into Iran

4. to move together in large numbers: the fans poured onto the pitch [origin unknown]

USAGE: The verbs pour and pore are sometimes confused: she poured cream over her strudel; she pored (not poured) over the manuscript.

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	pour - cause to run; "pour water over the floor" pour forth, shed, spill - pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities; "shed tears"; "spill blood"; "God shed His grace on Thee" dribble, drip, drop - let or cause to fall in drops; "dribble oil into the mixture" move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" transfuse - pour out of one vessel into another effuse, pour out - pour out; "effused brine" decant, pour out, pour - pour out; "the sommelier decanted the wines" belt down, bolt down, down, drink down, pour down, toss off, pop, kill - drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"; "They popped a few beer after work"
	2.	pour - move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza" pullulate, swarm, teem, stream crowd together, crowd - to gather together in large numbers; "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah" spill out, spill over, pour out - be disgorged; "The crowds spilled out into the streets"
	3.	pour - pour out; "the sommelier decanted the wines" decant, pour out pour - cause to run; "pour water over the floor"
	4.	pour - flow in a spurt; "Water poured all over the floor" course, flow, run, feed - move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi" gush, spirt, spout, spurt - gush forth in a sudden stream or jet; "water gushed forth" regurgitate - pour or rush back; "The blood regurgitates into the heart ventricle"
	5.	pour - supply in large amounts or quantities; "We poured money into the education of our children" furnish, provide, supply, render - give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"
	6.	pour - rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!" rain buckets, rain cats and dogs, pelt, stream rain, rain down - precipitate as rain; "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding" sheet - come down as if in sheets; "The rain was sheeting down during the monsoon" sluice, sluice down - pour as if from a sluice; "An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef"

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pour

verb 1. let flow, spill, splash, dribble, drizzle, slop (informal) slosh (informal) decant

verb 2. flow, stream, run, course, rush, emit, cascade, gush, spout, spew

verb 3. rain, sheet, pelt (down), teem, bucket down (informal) rain cats and dogs (informal) come down in torrents, rain hard or heavily

verb 4. stream, crowd, flood, swarm, gush, throng, teem

USAGE The spelling of pour (as in she poured cream on her strudel) should be carefully distinguished from that of pore over or through (as in she pored over the manuscript).

Translations

pour [pɔːʳ] vt → echar [+ tea]; servir

vi → correr, fluir; [rain] → llover a cántaros

pour away, pour off vt → vaciar, verter

pour in vi [people] → entrar en tropel;

to come pouring in [water] → entrar a raudales; [letters] → llegar a montones; [cars, people] → llegar en tropel

pour out vi [people] → salir en tropel

vt [+ drink] → echar, servir

pour [pɔːʳ] vt → verser

vi → couler à flots; [rain] → pleuvoir à verse;

to pour sb a drink → verser or servir à boire à qn;

to come pouring in [water] → entrer à flots; [letters] → arriver par milliers; [cars, people] → affluer

pour away, pour off vt → vider

pour in vi [people] → affluer, se précipiter; [news, letters] → arriver en masse

pour out vi [people] → sortir en masse

vt → vider (fig); déverser (= serve) [+ a drink] → verser

pour [pɔːʳ] vt [+ tea, wine etc] → gießen [+ cereal etc]; schütten

vi → strömen;

to pour sb a glass of wine/a cup of tea → jdm ein Glas Wein/eine Tasse Tee einschenken;

to pour with rain → in Strömen gießen

pour away pour vt → wegschütten

pour in pour vi [people] → hereinströmen; [letters etc] → massenweise eintreffen

pour out pour vi [people] → herausströmen

vt [+ tea, wine etc] → eingießen (fig) [+ thoughts, feelings, etc]; freien Lauf lassen +dat

pour [pɔːʳ] vt → versare

vi → riversarsi; [rain] → piovere a dirotto

pour away

pour off vt → vuotare

pour in vi (= people) → entrare in fiotto;

to come pouring in [water] → entrare a fiotti; [letters] → arrivare a valanghe; [cars, people] → affluire in gran quantità

pour out vi [people] → riversarsi fuori

vt → vuotare; versare

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pour

v pour [poː]

1 to (cause to) flow in a stream She poured the milk into a bowl; Water poured down the wall; People were pouring out of the factory. vloei, stroom يَصُب، يَسْكُب изливам (vy)lít, proudit hælde; strømme; vælte gießen, strömen χύνω, σερβίρω (κτ. υγρό), ξεχύνομαι verter, derramar; chorrear; manar, salir valama, valguma ریختن kaataa, valua verser, se déverser לִשפּוֹך बहना lijevati,istjecati önt menuangkan hella, ausa; streyma versare; riversarsi 注ぐ 쏟아지다; 쏟다 (į)pilti, lieti(s), plūsti liet[]; tecināt; tecēt menuang gieten, stromen helle; strømme ut lać (się) (fazer) correr a turna; a (se) scurge; a veni puhoi лить(ся); валить (vy)liať; valiť sa nalivati sipati hälla, rinna, forsa, strömma เท ak(ıt)mak, dök(ül)mek 倒(水等)，流，湧入 лити(ся); вливати(ся) انڈيلنا đổ 倒（水等），流，涌入

2 (only with it as subject) to rain heavily It was pouring this morning. sous تُمْطِرُ بِغَزارَه вали из ведро lít jako z konve øse ned in Strömen gießen βρέχει καταρρακτωδώς llover a cántaros vihma kallama شر شر باریدن sataa kaatamalla tomber à verse גֶשֶם שוֹטֵף मूसलाधार बरसना sipati zuhog hujan deras hellirigna (piovere a dirotto) ざっと降る (비가) 억수같이 내리다 smarkiai lyti stipri līt, gāzt turun mencurah-curah gieten pøsregne, hølje ned lać a potes chover a ploua cu găleata лить как из ведра liať ako z krhly liti jako padati - za kišu ösa (vräka) ner ฝนตกหนัก şiddetli yağmak 傾瀉 лити (про дощ) جم کر برسنا mưa như trút 倾泻