pour

noun

The act of pouring.

Something, or an amount, poured.

(colloquial) A downpour; a flood of precipitation.

verb

(transitive) To cause (liquid, or liquid-like substance) to flow in a stream, either out of a container or into it.

(intransitive) To flow, pass, or issue in a stream; to fall continuously and abundantly.

(impersonal) To rain hard.

(transitive, figurative) To send out as in a stream or a flood; to cause (an emotion) to come out; to cause to escape.

(transitive) To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly.

(intransitive) Of a beverage, to be on tap or otherwise available for serving to customers.

(intransitive) To move in a throng, as a crowd.

(transitive) To move (a drunk or unsteady person) into or out of a place or vehicle.

Misspelling of pore. [To study meticulously; to go over again and again.]

Synonyms for pour

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