Definitions of pour [ɔr, poʊr]

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Definition of 'pour'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) pour
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.

2.  pour
to emit or propel, esp. continuously or rapidly.

3.  pour
to produce or utter in or as if in a stream or flood (often fol. by out):
to pour out one's troubles to a friend.

4. (v.i.) pour
to issue, move, or proceed in great quantity or number:
Crowds poured from the stadium after the game.

5.  pour
to flow forth or along; stream.

6.  pour
to rain heavily (often used impersonally with it as subject).

7. (n.) pour
the act of pouring.

8.  pour
an abundant or continuous flow or stream:
a pour of invective.

Etymology: (1300–50; ME; orig. uncert.)

Definition of 'pour'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) pour
cause to run
"pour water over the floor"

2. (verb) pour, swarm, stream, teem, pullulate
move in large numbers
"people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza"

3. (verb) decant, pour, pour out
pour out
"the sommelier decanted the wines"

4. (verb) pour
flow in a spurt
"Water poured all over the floor"

5. (verb) pour
supply in large amounts or quantities
"We poured money into the education of our children"

6. (verb) pour, pelt, stream, rain cats and dogs, rain buckets
rain heavily
"Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!"

Definition of 'pour'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) pour
to make liquid flow from a container
She poured the coffee into three mugs.; Can I pour you a drink?

2.  pour
(of liquid or smoke) to flow in large amounts
water pouring down the walls; Smoke poured out of the windows.

3.  pour
to rain heavily
It was pouring all day.

4.  pour
it pours
to come to or leave a place in large numbers
The audience poured out of the theater.; Phone calls from angry listeners poured in.

Definition of 'pour'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) pour
poor

2. (noun) pour
a stream, or something like a stream; a flood

3. (verb) pour
to pore

4. (verb) pour
to cause to flow in a stream, as a liquid or anything flowing like a liquid, either out of a vessel or into it; as, to pour water from a pail; to pour wine into a decanter; to pour oil upon the waters; to pour out sand or dust

5. (verb) pour
to send forth as in a stream or a flood; to emit; to let escape freely or wholly

6. (verb) pour
to send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly

7. (verb) pour
to flow, pass, or issue in a stream, or as a stream; to fall continuously and abundantly; as, the rain pours; the people poured out of the theater

Translation of 'pour'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to (cause to) flow in a stream She poured the milk into a bowl; Water poured down the wall; People were pouring out of the factory.
Afrikaans: vloei, stroom	Arabic: يَصُب، يَسْكُب	Bulgarian: изливам
Brazilian: (fazer) correr	Czech: (vy)lít, proudit	German: gießen, strömen
Danish: hælde; strømme; vælte	Greek: χύνω, σερβίρω (κτ. υγρό),	Spanish: verter, derramar; chorrea
Estonian: valama, valguma	Farsi: ریختن	Finnish: kaataa
French: verser, se déverser	Hebrew: לִשפּוֹך	Hindi: बहना
Croatian: lijevati, istjecati	Hungarian: önt	Indonesian: menuangkan
Icelandic: hella, ausa; streyma	Italian: versare; riversarsi	Japanese: 注ぐ
Korean: 붓다	Lithuanian: (į)pilti, lieti(s), plūst	Latvian: liet[]; tecināt; tecēt
Malay: menuang	Dutch: gieten, stromen	Norwegian: helle; strømme ut
Polish: lać (się)	Persian: ریختن	Pashto: پهيول
Portuguese: (fazer) correr	Romanian: a turna; a (se) scurge; a	Russian: лить(ся); валить
Slovak: (vy)liať; valiť sa	Slovenian: nalivati	Serbian: sipati
Swedish: hälla, rinna, forsa, strö	Thai: เท	Turkish: ak(ıt)mak, dök(ül)mek
Taiwanese: 倒(水等)，流，湧入	Ukrainian: лити(ся); вливати(ся)	Urdu: انڈيلنا
Vietnamese: đổ	Chinese: 倒（水等），流，涌入
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