pour

Meaning

1. To cause (liquid, or liquid-like substance) to flow in a stream, either out of a container or into it.
2. To send out as in a stream or a flood; to cause (an emotion) to come out; to cause to escape.
3. To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly.
4. To flow, pass or issue in a stream; to fall continuously and abundantly.
5. To rain hard.
6. Of a beverage, to be on tap or otherwise available for serving to customers.
7. To move in a throng, as a crowd.

spill

let flow

be spilled

pour off

push down

empty into

pour into

well out

cause to run

drain off

pour away

pour forth

rain hard

rain pitchforks

rush down

serve food

snap out

throw about

tip out

piss down

pour upon

rain upon

runout

diarrhoea

fill completely

flow incessantly

gush down

pour ceremonial water

bucket down

chuck it down

tump over

transfer container

be poured

exudation efflux

flow outlet

gush out

heavy shower

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɔː/

From Middle English pouren (“to pour”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old Northern French purer (“to sift (grain), pour out (water)”), from Latin pūrō (“to purify”), from pūrus (“pure”). Compare Middle Dutch afpuren (“to pour off, drain”). To pour displaced several Middle English verbs: * schenchen, schenken (“to pour”), from Old English sċenċan (“to pour out”) and Old Norse skenkja, from Proto-Germanic *skankijaną. Compare dialectal English shink, skink. * yeten, from Old English ġēotan (“to pour”), from Proto-Germanic *geutaną. * birlen (“to pour, serve drink to”), from Old English byrelian (“to pour, serve drink to”). * hellen (“to pour, pour out”), from Old Norse hella (“to pour out, incline”). * temen (“to pour out, empty”), from Old Norse tœma (“to pour out, empty”). Compare archaic English teem.

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