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pour

pour
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [pawr, pohr]
    • /pɔr, poʊr/
    • /pɔː(r)/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pawr, pohr]
    • /pɔr, poʊr/

Definitions of pour word

  • verb with object pour to send (a liquid, fluid, or anything in loose particles) flowing or falling, as from one container to another, or into, over, or on something: to pour a glass of milk; to pour water on a plant. 1
  • verb with object pour to emit or propel, especially continuously or rapidly: The hunter poured bullets into the moving object. 1
  • verb with object pour to produce or utter in or as in a stream or flood (often followed by out): to pour out one's troubles to a friend. 1
  • verb without object pour to issue, move, or proceed in great quantity or number: Crowds poured from the stadium after the game. 1
  • verb without object pour to flow forth or along; stream: Floodwaters poured over the embankments. 1
  • verb without object pour to rain heavily (often used impersonally with it as subject): It was pouring, but fortunately we had umbrellas. 1

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Origin of pour

First appearance:

before 1300
One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; Middle English pouren; origin uncertain

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Pour

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

pour popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

pour usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for pour

verb pour

  • besprinkle — to sprinkle all over with liquid, powder, etc
  • branch out — If a person or an organization branches out, they do something that is different from their normal activities or work.
  • break a sweat — To start sweating.
  • bucketed — a deep, cylindrical vessel, usually of metal, plastic, or wood, with a flat bottom and a semicircular bail, for collecting, carrying, or holding water, sand, fruit, etc.; pail.
  • burn up — If something burns up or if fire burns it up, it is completely destroyed by fire or strong heat.

noun pour

  • deluge — A deluge of things is a large number of them which arrive or happen at the same time.
  • monsoon — the seasonal wind of the Indian Ocean and southern Asia, blowing from the southwest in summer and from the northeast in winter.
  • drencher — One who, or that which, drenches.
  • engorgement — The process or the condition of becoming engorged, becoming over-filled with fluid.
  • flood — a great flowing or overflowing of water, especially over land not usually submerged.

Antonyms for pour

verb pour

  • adios — goodbye; farewell
  • bankrupted — Law. a person who upon his or her own petition or that of his or her creditors is adjudged insolvent by a court and whose property is administered for and divided among his or her creditors under a bankruptcy law.
  • beaded — A beaded dress, cushion, or other object is decorated with beads.
  • beading — Beading is a narrow strip of wood that is used for decorating or edging furniture and doors.
  • bedraggle — to make (hair, clothing, etc) limp, untidy, or dirty, as with rain or mud

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