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WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
THESAURUS
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pour

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Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive), Verb (intransitive)

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb pour has 6 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

poura. 
     Poor.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]
pourv. i. 
     To pore.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]
pourv. t. [OE. pouren, of uncertain origin; cf. W. bwrw to cast, throw, shed, bwrw gwlaw to rain.].
  •  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.  [1913 Webster]
  •  To send forth as in a stream or a flood; to emit; to let escape freely or wholly.  [1913 Webster]
    "I . . . have poured out my soul before the Lord."  [1913 Webster]
    "Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee."  [1913 Webster]
    "London doth pour out her citizens !"  [1913 Webster]
    "Wherefore did Nature pour her bounties forth
    With such a full and unwithdrawing hand ?
    "  [1913 Webster]
  •  To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly.  [1913 Webster]
    "Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat ?"  [1913 Webster]
pourv. i. 
     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.  [1913 Webster]
    "In the rude throng pour on with furious pace."  [1913 Webster]
pourn. 
     A stream, or something like a stream; a flood.  Miss Ferrier.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

pour, v.
1 intr. & tr. (usu. foll. by down, out, over, etc.) flow or cause to flow esp. downwards in a stream or shower.
2 tr. dispense (a drink, e.g. tea) by pouring.
3 intr. (of rain, or with it as subject) fall heavily.
4 intr. (usu. foll. by in, out, etc.) come or go in profusion or rapid succession (the crowd poured out; letters poured in; poems poured from her fertile mind).
5 tr. discharge or send freely (poured forth arrows).
6 tr. (often foll. by out) utter at length or in a rush (poured out their story; poured scorn on my attempts).

Idiom
it never rains but it pours misfortunes rarely come singly. pour cold water on see COLD. pour oil on the waters (or on troubled waters) calm a disagreement or disturbance, esp. with conciliatory words.
Derivative
pourable adj. pourer n.
Etymology
ME: orig. unkn.

THESAURUS

pour

Niagara, abound, accord, administer, afford, allot, allow, award, bail, beat, bestow, bestow on, blow out, brash, bristle with, bucket, burst of rain, cascade, cast forth, cataclysm, cataract, cloudburst, communicate, confer, course, crawl with, creep with, crowd, cup, deal, deal out, debouch, decant, deluge, dip, discharge, disembogue, disgorge, dish, dish out, dish up, dispense, dole, dole out, donate, downfall, downflow, downpour, drain, drain out, drench, drencher, drizzle, drum, ebb, ejaculate, emerge, emit, empty, eruct, erupt, exhaust, expel, extend, extravasate, exuberate, fall, find vent, flood, flooding, flow, flow back, flow in, flow out, flush, fork, fork out, fresh, freshet, gift, gift with, give, give freely, give off, give out, go forth, grant, gush, gush out, gushing rain, hand out, heap, heavy rain, help to, impart, inundate, inundation, issue, issue forth, jet, ladle, lash, lavish, let have, let out, make, mete, mete out, mizzle, offer, outflow, outpour, overflow, patter, pelt, pitter-patter, plash, pour forth, pour out, pour with rain, precipitate, present, proceed, proffer, proliferate, rain, rain tadpoles, rainburst, rainspout, rainstorm, regurgitate, render, rill, river, roll, run, run out, run over, rush, sally forth, scoop, scud, send forth, send out, serve, set, shell out, shovel, shower, shower down, slip, sluice, sluice out, snow, soaker, soaking rain, spade, spate, spatter, spew, spew out, spit, spoon, spout, spout out, spring, sprinkle, spurt, squirt, stream, surge, surge back, swarm, swarm with, tattoo, teem, teem with, tender, throng, throw out, torrent, torrent of rain, trend, void, vomit forth, vouchsafe, waterflood, waterspout, weep, well, well out, yield

ROGET THESAURUS

pour

Sufficiency

VB be sufficient, suffice, do, just do, satisfy, pass muster, have enough, eat, one's fill, drink one's fill, have one's fill, roll in, swim in, wallow in, wanton, abound, exuberate, teem, flow, stream, rain, shower down, pour, pour in, swarm, bristle with, superabound, render sufficient, replenish, Adj, sufficient, enough, adequate, up to the mark, commensurate, competent, satisfactory, valid, tangible, measured, moderate, full, ample, plenty, plentiful, plenteous, plenty as blackberries, copious, abundant, abounding, replete, enough and to spare, flush, choke-full, chock-full, well-stocked, well- provided, liberal, unstinted, unstinting, stintless, without stint, unsparing, unmeasured, lavish, wholesale, rich, luxuriant, affluent, wantless, big with, unexhausted, unwasted, exhaustless, inexhaustible, Adv, sufficiently, amply.

Egress

VB emerge, emanate, issue, egress, go out of, come out of, move out of, pass out of, pour out of, flow out of, pass out of, evacuate, exude, transude, leak, run through, out through, percolate, transcolate, egurgitate, strain, distill, perspire, sweat, drain, ooze, filter, filtrate, dribble, gush, spout, flow out, well, well out, pour, trickle, effuse, extravasate, disembogue, discharge itself, debouch, come forth, break forth, burst out, burst through, find vent, escape.

River

VB flow, run, meander, gush, pour, spout, roll, jet, well, issue, drop, drip, dribble, plash, spirtle, trill, trickle, distill, percolate, stream, overflow, inundate, deluge, flow over, splash, swash, guggle, murmur, babble, bubble, purl, gurgle, sputter, spurt, spray, regurgitate, ooze, flow out, rain hard, rain in torrents, rain cats and dogs, rain pitchforks, pour with rain, drizzle, spit, set in, mizzle, flow into, fall into, open into, drain into, discharge itself, disembogue, pour, pour out, shower down, irrigate, drench, spill, splash, stanch, dam, up, obstruct, flow, run, meander, gush, pour, spout, roll, jet, well, issue, drop, drip, dribble, plash, spirtle, trill, trickle, distill, percolate, stream, overflow, inundate, deluge, flow over, splash, swash, guggle, murmur, babble, bubble, purl, gurgle, sputter, spurt, spray, regurgitate, ooze, flow out, rain hard, rain in torrents, rain cats and dogs, rain pitchforks, pour with rain, drizzle, spit, set in, mizzle, flow into, fall into, open into, drain into, discharge itself, disembogue, pour, pour out, shower down, irrigate, drench, spill, splash, stanch, dam, up, obstruct.

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