pour
About 13.39 uses per million words.
Meaning
- verb To cause (liquid, or liquid-like substance) to flow in a stream, either out of a container or into it.
pour water from a jug
- verb 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.
- verb To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly.
- verb To flow, pass, or issue in a stream; to fall continuously and abundantly.
the rain poured down.
- verb To rain hard.
It's pouring outside.
- verb Of a beverage, to be on tap or otherwise available for serving to customers.
- verb To move in a throng, as a crowd.
The people poured out of the theater.
- verb To move (a drunk or unsteady person) into or out of a place or vehicle.
She poured him into a taxi and handed the driver the fare.
Similar words
decant rain buckets rain cats and dogs stream pelt pour out swarm shed flow spray
Often followed by
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Word family
pour her heart pour her soul pour his heart pour his soul pour my heart pour my soul pour one's heart pour one's soul pour our heart pour our soul
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