Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To cause (a liquid or granular solid) to stream or flow, as from a container.
- intransitive verb To pour a liquid or particles into (a container).
- intransitive verb To empty (a container) of a liquid or granular solid.
- intransitive verb To send forth, produce, express, or utter copiously, as if in a stream or flood.
- intransitive verb To stream or flow continuously or profusely.
- intransitive verb To rain hard or heavily.
- intransitive verb To pass or proceed in large numbers or quantity.
- intransitive verb To serve a beverage, such as tea or coffee, to a gathering.
- noun A pouring or flowing forth, especially a downpour of rain.
- idiom (pour it on) To move or perform an activity at maximum speed or intensity.
- idiom (pour it on) To speak or express oneself continuously or elaborately.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Continuous motion as of a stream; flow.
- noun A heavy fall of rain; a downpour.
- A Middle English form of
pore . - To cause to flow or stream, as a liquid or granular substance, either out of a vessel or into one; discharge in a stream: as, to
pour out wine; to pour in salt or sand. - To cause to flow or fall in a succession of streams or drops; rain.
- To send forth as in a stream; discharge; emit; send forth in profusion or as in a flood, as words.
- Hence To shed; expend: as, to
pour out one's blood. - To flow; issue forth in a stream: as, the water poured over the rocks.
- To fall, as a torrent of rain; rain hard.
- To rush on as in a stream; come forth in great numbers.
- To spread; become diffused.
- noun A Middle English form of
power . - A Middle English form of
poor . - noun In founding: the quantity of material or molten metal poured from one charging of a cupola;
- noun the act or operation of pouring molten metal into a mold.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Poor.
- intransitive verb obsolete To pore.
- transitive verb To cause to flow in a stream, as a liquid or anything flowing like a liquid, either out of a vessel or into it
- transitive verb To send forth as in a stream or a flood; to emit; to let escape freely or wholly.
- transitive verb To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly.
- noun colloq. A stream, or something like a stream; a flood.
- intransitive verb To flow, pass, or issue in a stream, or as a stream; to fall continuously and abundantly
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
cause to flow in a stream, as a liquid or anything flowing like a liquid, either out of a vessel or into it - verb transitive To
send forth as in a stream or a flood; toemit ; to let escape freely or wholly. - verb transitive To
send forth from, as in a stream; todischarge uninterruptedly. - verb intransitive To
flow ,pass orissue in or as a stream; to fall continuously and abundantly; as, the rain pours. - noun The act of pouring.
- noun Something, or an amount, poured.
- noun colloquial A stream, or something like a stream; especially a flood of precipitation.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb cause to run
- verb supply in large amounts or quantities
- verb move in large numbers
- verb rain heavily
- verb flow in a spurt
- verb pour out
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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_afin de procurer_ [pour avoir] des armes et des soldats _pour aider_
Life of Charlotte Brontë — Volume 1 Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 1837
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_machines pour remonter les batteaux, machines pour_ -- a great many things which you would like to see I am sure over my father's shoulder.
The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 1 Maria Edgeworth 1808
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One former péquiste independent, Lisette Lapointe, has expressed support for the new movement founded under the name pour le Québec.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed LES PERREAUX 2011
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One former péquiste independent, Lisette Lapointe, has expressed support for the new movement founded under the name pour le Québec.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed LES PERREAUX 2011
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One former péquiste independent, Lisette Lapointe, has expressed support for the new movement founded under the name pour le Québec.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed LES PERREAUX 2011
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Milles mercis encore Tante Marie-Francoise et Kristin pour le translation.
vanishedone commented on the word pour
I can see what WeirdNet is getting at, but...
December 20, 2008