pour
pour Lexical Profile
pour Game Scores & Validity
• verb
To cause a liquid or granular substance to flow in a steady stream from or into a container.
"She carefully poured the hot tea into two porcelain cups."
To flow rapidly in a steady, abundant stream (of a liquid, smoke, or light).
"Morning sunlight poured through the tall kitchen windows."
To rain heavily and continuously.
"We decided to postpone our hike because it was pouring outside."
To come or go in large numbers or in a continuous, crowded stream (of people or things).
"Spectators poured out of the stadium as soon as the final whistle blew."
To devote, invest, or express freely and copiously (such as money, energy, or emotion).
"The community poured resources and volunteer hours into restoring the historic theater."
• noun
An act of causing a liquid to flow from a container, or a single serving of a beverage dispensed in this manner.
"The bartender offered a generous pour of the aged whiskey."
A continuous flow, heavy discharge, or single batch of a fluid substance such as rain, molten metal, or wet concrete.
"The construction crew scheduled the foundation concrete pour for early Tuesday morning."
Word Nuance & Usage
Frequently confused with its homophone 'pore' (which as a verb means to study or read intently, as in 'pore over a manuscript', and as a noun refers to a tiny opening) and occasionally 'poor'.
• Rhymes for pour
Word Origin & Etymology
First recorded in Middle English around the 13th century as pouren; its exact ultimate origin is uncertain, though it is likely borrowed from an unrecorded Anglo-Norman or Old French dialectal form of purer ('to purify, clarify, or drain off liquid').