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Pour

//pɔː// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of pouring.

    "The bartender's inexpert pour left me with a pint of beer that was half foam."

  2. 2
    Something, or an amount, poured.

    "Over this time period, the first concrete pour has not only lost workability but has started to set so that it is no longer affected by the action of a vibrator."

  3. 3
    A downpour; a flood of precipitation. colloquial

    "Then, as if to give the lie to the offensive insinuation, he mounted his horse, and rode home ten miles in a pour of rain, without a great coat or umbrella."

Verb
  1. 1
    To cause (liquid, or liquid-like substance) to flow in a stream, either out of a container or into it. transitive

    "pour water from a jug"

  2. 2
    Misspelling of pore. alt-of, misspelling
  3. 3
    move in large numbers wordnet
  4. 4
    To send out as in a stream or a flood; to cause (an emotion) to come out; to cause to escape. figuratively, transitive

    "My teacher poured scorn on my attempts at writing."

  5. 5
    flow in a spurt wordnet
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  1. 6
    To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly. transitive

    "Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat?"

  2. 7
    cause to run wordnet
  3. 8
    To flow, pass, or issue in a stream; to fall continuously and abundantly. intransitive

    "the rain poured down."

  4. 9
    pour out gradually, so as to separate out sediment wordnet
  5. 10
    To rain hard. impersonal

    "It's pouring outside."

  6. 11
    supply in large amounts or quantities wordnet
  7. 12
    Of a beverage, to be on tap or otherwise available for serving to customers. intransitive
  8. 13
    rain heavily wordnet
  9. 14
    To move in a throng, as a crowd. intransitive

    "The people poured out of the theater."

  10. 15
    To move (a drunk or unsteady person) into or out of a place or vehicle. transitive

    "She poured him into a taxi and handed the driver the fare."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English pouren (“to pour”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old Northern French purer (“to sift (grain), pour out (water)”), from Latin pūrō (“to purify”), from pūrus (“pure”). Compare Middle Dutch afpuren (“to pour off, drain”). To pour displaced several Middle English verbs: * schenchen, schenken (“to pour”), from Old English sċenċan (“to pour out”) and Old Norse skenkja, from Proto-Germanic *skankijaną. Compare dialectal English shink, skink. * yeten, from Old English ġēotan (“to pour”), from Proto-Germanic *geutaną. * birlen (“to pour, serve drink to”), from Old English byrelian (“to pour, serve drink to”). * hellen (“to pour, pour out”), from Old Norse hella (“to pour out, incline”). * temen (“to pour out, empty”), from Old Norse tœma (“to pour out, empty”). Compare archaic English teem.

Etymology 2

From Middle English pouren (“to pour”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old Northern French purer (“to sift (grain), pour out (water)”), from Latin pūrō (“to purify”), from pūrus (“pure”). Compare Middle Dutch afpuren (“to pour off, drain”). To pour displaced several Middle English verbs: * schenchen, schenken (“to pour”), from Old English sċenċan (“to pour out”) and Old Norse skenkja, from Proto-Germanic *skankijaną. Compare dialectal English shink, skink. * yeten, from Old English ġēotan (“to pour”), from Proto-Germanic *geutaną. * birlen (“to pour, serve drink to”), from Old English byrelian (“to pour, serve drink to”). * hellen (“to pour, pour out”), from Old Norse hella (“to pour out, incline”). * temen (“to pour out, empty”), from Old Norse tœma (“to pour out, empty”). Compare archaic English teem.

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