Pour down

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To rain heavily. intransitive

    "Episode 12, The Cyclops A torrential rain poured down from the floodgates of the angry heavens upon the bared heads of the assembled multitude which numbered at the lowest computation five hundred thousand persons."

  2. 2
    drink down entirely wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
belt downbolt downcascadecascadecataractcloudburst

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"Episode 12, The Cyclops A torrential rain poured down from the floodgates of the angry heavens upon the bared heads of the assembled multitude which numbered at the lowest computation five hundred thousand persons."

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