Definitions for pour
pɔr, poʊrpour

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

1. pourverb

   cause to run

   "pour water over the floor"

2. pour, swarm, stream, teem, pullulateverb

   move in large numbers

   "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza"

3. decant, pour, pour outverb

   pour out

   "the sommelier decanted the wines"

4. pourverb

   flow in a spurt

   "Water poured all over the floor"

5. pourverb

   supply in large amounts or quantities

   "We poured money into the education of our children"

6. pour, pelt, stream, rain cats and dogs, rain bucketsverb

   rain heavily

   "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pournoun

   The act of pouring.

2. pournoun

   Something, or an amount, poured.

3. pournoun

   A stream, or something like a stream; especially a flood of precipitation.

   A pour of rain. --Miss Ferrier.

4. pourverb

   To cause to flow in a stream, as a liquid or anything flowing like a liquid, either out of a vessel or into it

   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. pourverb

   To send forth as in a stream or a flood; to emit; to let escape freely or wholly.

6. pourverb

   To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly.

   Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat ? --A.Pope.

7. pourverb

   To flow, pass or issue in or as a stream; to fall continuously and abundantly; as, the rain pours.

8. Etymology: From pouren, pouren. Origin uncertain. Likely of origin, from Celtic base *. Akin to Welsh bwrw, Scottish Gaelic purr, Irish purraim.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To POURverb

   Etymology: supposed to be derived from the Welsh bwrw.

   1. To let some liquid out of a vessel, or into some place or receptacle.

   If they will not believe those signs, take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land. Exodus iv. 9.

   He said, pour out for the people, and there was no harm in the pot. 2 Kings iv. 41.

   He stretched out his hand to the cup, and poured of the blood of the grape, he poured out at the foot of the altar a sweet smelling savour into the most high. Ecclus. l. 15.

   A Samaritan bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and brought him to an inn. Luke x. 34.

   Your fury then boil’d upward to a fome;
   But since this message came, you sink and settle,
   As if cold water had been pour’d upon you. Dryden.

   2. To emit; to give vent to; to send forth; to let out; to send in a continued course.

   Hie thee hither,
   That I may pour my spirits in thine ear,
   And chastise with the valour of my tongue
   All that impedes thee from the golden round. William Shakespeare.

   London doth pour out her citizens;
   The mayor and all his brethren in best sort,
   With the plebeians swarming. William Shakespeare, Henry V.

   As thick as hail
   Came post on post; and every one did bear
   Thy praises in his kingdom’s great defence,
   And pour’d them down before him. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   The devotion of the heart is the tongue of the soul; actuated and heated with love, it pours itself forth in supplications and prayers. Brian Duppa, Rules for Devotion.

   If we had groats or sixpences current by law, that wanted one third of the silver by the standard, who can imagine, that our neighbours would not pour in quantities of such money upon us, to the great loss of the kingdom. John Locke.

   Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat?
   Loves of his own and raptures swell the note. Alexander Pope.

2. To Pourverb

   1. To stream; to flow.2. To rush tumultuously.

   If the rude throng pour on with furious pace,
   And hap to break thee from a friend’s embrace,
   Stop short. John Gay.

   All his fleecy flock
   Before him march, and pour into the rock,
   Not one or male or female stay’d behind. Alexander Pope.

   A ghastly band of giants,
   Pouring down the mountains, crowd the shore. Alexander Pope.

   A gathering throng,
   Youth and white age tumultuous pour along. Alexander Pope.

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1. pour

   To pour means to transfer a liquid from one container into another by causing it to flow steadily and smoothly, typically in a continuous stream. It can also refer to flowing or moving in a continuous and heavy or overwhelming way.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pouradjective

   poor

2. Pourverb

   to pore

3. Pourverb

   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

4. Pourverb

   to send forth as in a stream or a flood; to emit; to let escape freely or wholly

5. Pourverb

   to send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly

6. Pourverb

   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

7. Pournoun

   a stream, or something like a stream; a flood

8. Etymology: [OE. pouren, of uncertain origin; cf. W. bwrw to cast, throw, shed, bwrw gwlaw to rain.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pour

   pōr, v.t. to cause to flow or fall in streams or drops: to throw with force: to send forth in great quantity: to give vent to: to utter.—v.i. to flow: to issue forth: to rush.—n. Pour′er. [Celt., as W. bwrw, to throw, Gael. purr, to push.]

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1. Pour

   Pour vs. Pour -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Pour and Pour.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. POUR

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Pour is ranked #60960 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Pour surname appeared 330 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Pour.
   
   59.7% or 197 total occurrences were White.
   30% or 99 total occurrences were Black.
   3.9% or 13 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   3.6% or 12 total occurrences were Asian.
   2.7% or 9 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Matched Categories

1. • Crowd
   • Move
   • Pour
   • Rain
   • Run
   • Supply

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'pour' in Verbs Frequency: #501

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Anagrams for pour »

1. puro

2. roup

How to pronounce pour?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say pour in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of pour in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of pour in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of pour in a Sentence

1. Lyndon B. Johnson:

   A man can take a little bourbon without getting drunk, but if you hold his mouth open and pour in a quart, he's going to get sick on it.

2. Donald Trump:

   Nancy Pelosi wants to send a liberal Democrat to Congress to represent you. We can't have that, if that happens, illegal immigrants will pour right over your border, bringing their drugs and their crime with them, right into your neighborhood, right into your back yard.

3. Jeff Gordon:

   I'll explore opportunities for the next phase of my career, but my primary focus now and throughout 2015 will be my performance in the No. 24 Chevrolet, i'm going to pour everything I have into this season and look forward to the challenge of competing for one last championship.

4. Charles de LEUSSE:

   The dragon spits fire, what extinguishes its tears. When we live in rancor, we are born to be old. (Le dragon crache du feu, - Ce qui éteint ses larmes. - Quand on vit de rancune, - On naît pour être vieux.)

5. Cherise Trump:

   There have been too many occasions where faculty members had to abandon their beliefs and forfeit their academic freedom in order to keep their jobs. I'm concernedthat the more resources universities pour into this endeavor by only hiring facultywho are willing to tow the line, the less they will focus on developing highly skilled individuals who can easily enter the workforce at top levels.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=pour
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Pour
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=pour
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pour
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=pour
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=pour