Pour
[pɔː] or [pɔr]
Definition
(verb.) move in large numbers; 'people were pouring out of the theater'; 'beggars pullulated in the plaza'.
(verb.) flow in a spurt; 'Water poured all over the floor'.
(verb.) cause to run; 'pour water over the floor'.
(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!'.
Typist: Stacey--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Poor.
(v. i.) To pore.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To send forth as in a stream or a flood; to emit; to let escape freely or wholly.
(v. t.) To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly.
(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.
(n.) A stream, or something like a stream; a flood.
Checker: Tanya
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Let flow (by decanting).[2]. Emit, let out, give vent to, send forth.
v. n. Flow, issue, stream.
Typist: Vern
Definition
v.t. to cause to flow or fall in streams or drops: to throw with force: to send forth in great quantity: to give vent to: to utter.—v.i. to flow: to issue forth: to rush.—n. Pour′er.
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Examples
- Miss Mills had a wonderful flow of words, and liked to pour them out. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Take one table-spoonful of starch, dissolve it in cold water, and when the boiled starch gets lukewarm pour it over it, stir well, and strain. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- With this idea suggested, one might suppose that it would be a simple matter to make molds and pour in a concrete mixture. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In short, Mr Blandois found that to pour port wine into the reticent Flintwinch was, not to open him but to shut him up. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The girl still held Oliver fast by the hand, and continued to pour into his ear, the warnings and assurances she had already imparted. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The next day, being of course deeply affected with Fred Lamb's absence, I went to call on Julia, _pour me distraire. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- During this travel the various cores are set, and the molds closed, moving to the point where the men with large ladles pour the mold. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- With perfect coolness Holmes slipped across to the safe, filled his two arms with bundles of letters, and poured them all into the fire. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Another way to make the composition is to soak over night in cold water best gelatine or glue 1 part, and the excess of water poured off. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- I poured another glass of wine. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I shan't leave my money to be poured down the sink, and I shan't leave it to foundlings from Africay. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I poured in a beakerful of water, and the whole thing exploded and threw a lot of it into my eyes. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- As she went, the wind rose sobbing; the rain poured wild and cold; the whole night seemed to feel her. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Water is poured into that external case until the gas-meter is rather more than half filled, the level of the water being shown at _i_. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The pouring of the entire house is accomplished in about six hours, and then the molds are left undisturbed for six days, in order that the concrete may set and harden. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Now they are pouring through. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The woman Cassy--for it was she,--set down her lantern, and, pouring water from a bottle, raised his head, and gave him drink. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Send her here,' said Sikes, pouring out a glass of liquor. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Her grandfather had returned, and was busily engaged in pouring some gallons of newly arrived rum into the square bottles of his square cellaret. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Say tea then, said Herbert, pouring it out. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I pouring out of window! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Lord bless us, Mas'r, said Sam, in a tone of the deepest concern, and me that has been racin' and chasin' till the sweat jest pours off me! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The rain pours; Gardes-du-Corps go caracoling through the groups 'amid hisses'; irritating and agitating what is but dispersed here to reunite there. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Mr Venus pours himself out more tea, with a look and in an attitude of the deepest desolation. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Does not your heart yearn towards her when she pours into your ear her pure, childlike confidences? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- When these two halves of the mold are finished they are put together, or closed on the shelf of the conveyor, which carries the finished mold to the man who pours the molten metal. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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