Dictionary
pour
Pronunciation: (pôr, pōr), [key]
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v.t.
1. to send (a liquid, fluid, or anything in loose particles) flowing or falling, as from one container to another, or into, over, or on something:
to pour a glass of milk; to pour water on a plant.
2. to emit or propel, esp. continuously or rapidly:
The hunter poured bullets into the moving object.
3. to produce or utter in or as in a stream or flood (often fol. by
out):
to pour out one's troubles to a friend.
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v.i.
1. to issue, move, or proceed in great quantity or number:
Crowds poured from the stadium after the game.
2. to flow forth or along; stream:
Floodwaters poured over the embankments.
3. to rain heavily (often used impersonally with
it as subject):
It was pouring, but fortunately we had umbrellas.
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n.
1. the act of pouring.
2. an abundant or continuous flow or stream:
a pour of invective.
3. a heavy fall of rain.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
