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pour /pɔː /verb [no object, with adverbial of direction]1Flow rapidly in a steady stream: water poured off the roof figurative words poured from his mouth...- Another stream of smoke poured out of his mouth and hovered near the ceiling.
- Suddenly, a cascade of water started pouring down, starting to rapidly fill the room.
- Her answer poured from her mouth rapidly, as if to hint that she didn't really want to talk about him.
Synonyms stream, flow, run, gush, cascade, course, spout, jet, spurt, flood, surge, spill, rush, well, spew, discharge British informal sloosh rare disembogue gush out, spew out, spurt out, spout out; erupt; flow, issue, emerge, come out, come forth, come 1.1 [with object and adverbial of direction] Cause (a liquid) to flow from a container in a steady stream: she poured a little whisky into a glass the remaining liquid is poured out...- The inquest heard that Daniel cut the container using broken glass, poured liquid on the floor and set fire to it using a lighter.
- The waiter pours some creamy liquid on the rice.
- Mark went to work on him, cleaning the wound, and pouring various liquids on the open wound.
Synonyms tip, let flow, dribble, drizzle, splash, spill, decant, discharge informal slosh, glug, slop archaic circumfuse drain, decant, pour off, draw off, siphon off, tap, tip, discharge, transfer; disgorge, discharge, eject, emit, expel, evacuate, empty, spit out, spew out, belch forth, spout; vomit, regurgitate, throw up archaic regorge 1.2 [with object] Prepare and serve (a drink): he poured a cup of coffee [with two objects]: Harry poured her a drink...- He poured some tea and drank while watching the rising sun.
- She pours tea for students in national costume.
- I sighed and pulled it out, grabbed four cups, and started pouring the drinks.
1.3 [with object] ( pour something into) Contribute money to (an enterprise or project) in copious amounts: Belgium has been pouring money into the company...- And, by the by, he also pours his money into men's and women's hockey within his native community.
- Yet the professionals were pouring their own money into tech stocks and commodity-exploration firms that were ripe for recovery but too risky for the public.
- How much better if councillors poured our money into a nightclub.
1.4 [with object] ( pour something out) Express one’s feelings in an unrestrained way: in his letters, Edward poured out his hopes...- The newspaper reports that she pours her heart out about the break-up of her marriage.
- Love was new and beautiful to her, and her feelings were poured out and expressed in her tears.
- After staring at them for ten minutes, he finally started to speak, pouring his heart out.
Synonyms express, voice, vent, give vent to, give expression to, vocalize, give voice to, put in words, give utterance to, communicate, declare, state, set forth, bring into the open, make public, assert, divulge, reveal, proclaim, announce, raise, table, air, ventilate, mention, talk of, point out, go into; utter, say, speak, articulate, enunciate, pronounce, mouth informal come out with 1.5 [with object] ( pour oneself into) humorous (Of a woman) put on (a tight-fitting garment): I poured myself into a short Lycra skirt...- I tried most of it and when I mentioned it to one of friends, I was asked if this was wise considering that there was a pre-bought bridesmaid dress that I would have to shortly pour myself into.
- Is there a man among you who hasn't poured himself into tight jeans or favoured a T-shirt that flashed a beefy bicep?
- Her husband, it reminded readers, stayed at home changing nappies while she poured herself into frocks.
2 [no object] (Of rain) fall heavily: the storm clouds gathered and the rain poured down it’s pouring with rain...- My wavy brown hair was now unattractively straight, plastered onto my face as the rain poured down heavily on me.
- Rain poured down in sheets, soaking my hair into a moppy mess.
- And still the rain poured down, beating against the glass panes.
Synonyms rain heavily/hard, teem down, pelt down, tip down, beat down, lash down, sheet down, come down in torrents/sheets, rain cats and dogs informal be chucking it down British informal bucket down, come down in buckets/bucketloads, come down by the bucketful, come down in stair rods, tipple down North American informal rain pitchforks British vulgar slang piss down 3Come or go in a steady stream and in large numbers: people poured out of the train...- Donations and letters have been pouring into the UNFPA at such a rate that the agency has hired two interns to sort and keep track of the incoming mail.
- However, when the site received international media attention, letters started pouring in from all over the world.
- The response to this survey has been truly phenomenal with literally hundreds of letters pouring in every week from people anxious to have their say.
Synonyms throng, crowd, swarm, stream, flood, gush, teem UsageOn the confusion of pour and pore, see pore2 (usage). Phrasesit never rains but it pours pour cold water on pour it on pour oil on troubled waters pour scorn on Derivativespourable adjective ...- Whizz the mixture and then add enough oil to make a pourable dressing - about 3 tbsp.
- For cracks up to 1/2 inch, use crack filler, packaged in no-mess cartridges for the caulking gun or in pourable squeeze bottles.
- The prints are covered with adhesive tape, a gel lifter, or a pourable silicone rubber casting compound that contrasts with the color of the developed print.
pourer /ˈpɔːrə/ noun ...- He added: ‘Safety measures incorporated following the fire in 1994 include foam pourers fitted to the tanks.’
- The teapot was a dreadful pourer and our table quickly became a lake!
- For once we can report an excellent pourer with not a drop running down the spout.
OriginMiddle English: of unknown origin. Rhymesabhor, adore, afore, anymore, ashore, awe, bandore, Bangalore, before, boar, Boer, bore, caw, chore, claw, cocksure, comprador, cor, core, corps, craw, Delors, deplore, door, draw, drawer, evermore, explore, flaw, floor, for, forbore, fore, foresaw, forevermore, forswore, four, fourscore, furthermore, Gábor, galore, gnaw, gore, grantor, guarantor, guffaw, hard-core, Haugh, haw, hoar, ignore, implore, Indore, interwar, jaw, Johor, Lahore, law, lessor, lor, lore, macaw, man-o'-war, maw, mirador, mor, more, mortgagor, Mysore, nevermore, nor, oar, obligor, offshore, onshore, open-jaw, or, ore, outdoor, outwore, paw, poor, pore, rapport, raw, roar, saw, scaur, score, senhor, señor, shaw, ship-to-shore, shop-floor, shore, signor, Singapore, snore, soar, softcore, sore, spore, store, straw, swore, Tagore, tau, taw, thaw, Thor, threescore, tor, tore, torr, trapdoor, tug-of-war, two-by-four, underfloor, underscore, war, warrantor, Waugh, whore, withdraw, wore, yaw, yore, your |