pour
//pɔː//
Forms
- present (v1)
- pour
- past (v2)
- poured
- past participle (v3)
- poured
- present participle
- pouring
- 3rd person singular
- pours
- Plural
- pours
Definitions
1.To cause (liquid, or liquid-like substance) to flow in a stream, either out of a container or into it.
2.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.
- At the same time, it is pouring money into cleaning up the country.
- Wherefore did Nature pour her bounties forth / With such a full and unwithdrawing hand?
3.To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly.
4.To flow, pass, or issue in a stream; to fall continuously and abundantly.
1.A downpour; a flood of precipitation.(colloquial)
- 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.
2.The act of pouring.
- The bartender's inexpert pour left me with a pint of beer that was half foam.
3.Something, or an amount, poured.
- HS2 Ltd has completed the first base-slab concrete pour at the western end of Old Oak Common station.
- 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.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2319
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Middle English pouren (“to pour”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old Northern French purer (“to sift (grain), pour out (water)”), from Latin pūrō (“to purify”), from pūrus (“pure”). Compare Middle Dutch afpuren (“to pour off, drain”).