pour
IPA: pˈɔr
noun
- The act of pouring.
- Something, or an amount, poured.
- (colloquial) A downpour, or flood of precipitation.
verb
- (transitive) To cause (liquid, or liquid-like substance) to flow in a stream, either out of a container or into it.
- (transitive, figurative) To send out as in a stream or a flood; to cause (an emotion) to come out; to cause to escape.
- (transitive) To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly.
- (intransitive) To flow, pass or issue in a stream; to fall continuously and abundantly.
- (impersonal) To rain hard.
- (intransitive) Of a beverage, to be on tap or otherwise available for serving to customers.
- (intransitive) To move in a throng, as a crowd.
- Misspelling of pore. [To study meticulously; to go over again and again.]
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Examples of "pour" in Sentences
- Water is poured into the ewer.
- The man poured water in the jar.
- He poured some water into the basin.
- You should pour the water into the filter.
- Water is poured into the ewer, then blessed.
- The liquid to be measured is poured through the mesh.
- He ordered the people to pour water abundantly on the wood.
- The seller hands a freshly poured glass of water to the boy.
- Pour off the iodine solution and rinse the slide with running water.
- A quick way to decontaminate the eyes is to pour salt water into them.