Pronunciation

\Pour\

• IPA : /poːɻ/
  • Rhymes: -O:(r)/

Homophones

poor

Verb

to pour

• imp. & p. p.: poured
• p. pr. & vb. n.: pouring

Transitive verb

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.

Translations

• Dutch: gieten
• French: verser
• German: giessen
• Romanian: turna , vărsa
• Spanish: verter

Intransitive verb

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.

Translations

• Dutch: stromen , gieten

Noun

A stream, or something like a stream; a flood. [Colloq.] ``A pour of rain. --Miss Ferrier.

Translations

• Dutch: stortbui f

French

Pronunciation

• IPA : /pur/

Preposition

pour

1. for