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   Pour

   /pôr/

   

   verb

   • 1. flow rapidly in a steady stream: "water poured off the roof" Similar streamflowrungushcascadecoursespoutjetspurtfloodsurgespillrushwellspewdischargeinformal:slooshrare:disembogue
   • ▪ cause (a liquid) to flow from a container in a steady stream: "she poured a little whisky into a glass" Similar streamflowrungushcascadecoursespoutjetspurtfloodsurgespillrushwellspewdischargeinformal:slooshrare:disembogue
   • ▪ prepare and serve (a drink): "he poured a cup of coffee"
   • 2. come or go in a steady stream and in large numbers: "people poured out of the train" Similar throngcrowdswarmstreamfloodgushteem
   • 3. (of rain) fall heavily: "the storm clouds gathered and the rain poured down" Similar rain heavily/hardteem downpelt downtip downbeat downlash downsheet downcome down in torrents/sheetsrain cats and dogsinformal:be chucking it downbucket downcome down in buckets/bucketloadscome down by the bucketfulcome down in stair rodstipple downrain pitchforksvulgar slang:piss down

   Word Origin Middle English: of unknown origin.

   Derivatives

   • 1. pourable adjective
   • 2. pourer noun

   Scrabble Points: 6

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   What does pouring mean?

   • Something, or an amount, poured. (colloquial) A stream, or something like a stream; especially a flood of precipitation. The state or condition of being pourable. One who, or that which, pours. “For once we can report an excellent pourer with not a drop running down the spout.”

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   What does poured mean in English?

   • Pour also means to make or serve a drink. The bartender poured her a drink. (The bartender made her a drink.) Please pour me a cup of tea. (Please make me a cup of tea.) I poured wine for the whole table. (I served wine to the whole table.) Collocations are commonly spoken phrases in English that occur naturally in speech.

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   What does pour down mean?

   • [intransitive, transitive] when rain pours down or when it’s pouring (with) rain, rain is falling heavily It's pouring outside. pour down The rain continued to pour down. (British English) pour with rain It's pouring with rain. (North American English) pour (down) rain It's pouring rain outside.

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   Pour definition: 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. See examples of POUR used in a sentence.

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   1 [transitive] pour something (+ adv./prep.) to make a liquid or other substance flow from a container in a continuous stream, especially by holding the container at an angle Pour the sauce over the pasta.