pour | |
1. v. To cause to flow in a stream, as a liquid or anything flowing like a liquid, either out of a vessel or into it. | |
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. v. To send forth as in a stream or a flood; to emit; to let escape freely or wholly. | |
3. v. To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly. | |
4. v. (intransitive) To flow, pass or issue in a stream; to fall continuously and abundantly. | |
the rain poured down. | |
5. v. (intransitive) Of a beverage, to be on tap or otherwise available for serving to customers. | |
6. v. (intransitive) To move in a throng, as a crowd. | |
The people poured out of the theater. | |
7. n. The act of pouring. | |
The bartender's inexpert pour left me with a pint of beer that was half foam. | |
8. n. Something, or an amount, poured. | |
9. n. (colloquial) A stream, or something like a stream; especially a flood of precipitation. | |
10. v. misspelling of pore | |