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Meaning and definition for "pour" word
[verb] flow in a spurt; of liquids; "Water poured all over the floor"
[verb] cause to run; of liquids
[verb] pour out; of wines or sherry
[verb] supply in large amounts or quantities; "We poured money into the education of our children"
[verb] rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!"
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\Pour\, v. i. To pore. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
\Pour\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Poured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pouring}.] [OE. pouren, of uncertain origin; cf. W. bwrw to cast, throw, shed, bwrw gwlaw to rain.] 1. 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. 2. To send forth as in a stream or a flood; to emit; to let escape freely or wholly. I . . . have poured out my soul before the Lord. --1 Sam. i. 15. Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee. --Ezek. vii. 8. London doth pour out her citizens ! --Shak. Wherefore did Nature pour her bounties forth With such a full and unwithdrawing hand ? --Milton. 3. To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly. Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat ? --Pope.
\Pour\, v. 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. In the rude throng pour on with furious pace. --Gay.
\Pour\, n. A stream, or something like a stream; a flood. [Colloq.] ``A pour of rain.'' --Miss Ferrier.
Synonyms for pour
pelt, pullulate, rain buckets, rain cats and dogs, stream, stream, swarm, teem
See also: belt down | bolt down | course | crowd | crowd together | decant | displace | down | dribble | drink down | drip | effuse | flow | furnish | gush | kill | move | pour | pour down | pour forth | pour out | provide | rain | rain down | regurgitate | render | run | shed | sheet | sluice | sluice down | spill | spill out | spill over | spirt | spout | spurt | supply | toss off | transfuse |
Related terms: award, bucket, cataclysm, debouch, donate, extravasate, flush, gift with, give, gushing rain, issue, issue forth, lavish, mizzle, regurgitate, scoop, shell out, sluice out, snow, soaker, surge back, vomit forth
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Let's analyse "pour" as pure text. This string has Four letters in One syllable and Two vowels. 50% of vowels is 11.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: RUOP. Average typing speed for these characters is 1000 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
pour: 6 + 3 = 9, reduced: 9 . and the final result is Nine. |
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