pour
/poɹ/ verb A2- 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· pour wine into a decanter
- 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.
- To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly.
- To flow, pass, or issue in a stream; to fall continuously and abundantly. · the rain poured down.
- To rain hard. · It's pouring outside.
- Of a beverage, to be on tap or otherwise available for serving to customers.
- To move in a throng, as a crowd. · The people poured out of the theater.
- 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.
He/she/it pours · Past poured · Past participle poured · -ing form pouring
Verb forms
- Base form
- pour
- He/she/it
- pours
- Past
- poured
- Past participle
- poured
- -ing form
- pouring
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“The Dormouse is asleep again,” said the Hatter, and he poured a little hot tea upon its nose.
Let us go on,” and Kaa seemed to pour himself along the ground, finding the shortest road with his steady eyes, and keeping to it.
IT was broad daylight when Anne awoke and sat up in bed, staring confusedly at the window through which a flood of cheery sunshine was pouring and outside of which something white and feathery waved across glimpses of blue sky.
Exasperated, Marilla returned to the kitchen and poured out her tale of woe to Matthew, who, between his sense of justice and his unlawful sympathy with Anne, was a miserable man.
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