pour

[[t]pɔ͟ː(r)[/t]]

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pours, pouring, poured

1) VERB If you pour a liquid or other substance, you make it flow steadily out of a container by holding the container at an angle.

[V n prep] Pour a pool of sauce on two plates and arrange the meat neatly...

[V n prep] Francis poured a generous measure of the whisky into a fresh glass...

[V n with adv] Heat the oil in a non-stick frying-pan, then pour in the egg mixture.

2) VERB If you pour someone a drink, you put some of the drink in a cup or glass so that they can drink it.

[V n n] He got up and poured himself another drink...

[V n n] She asked Tillie to pour her a cup of coffee...

[V n for n] Quietly Mark poured and served drinks for all of them. [Also V n]

3) VERB When a liquid or other substance pours somewhere, for example through a hole, it flows quickly and in large quantities.

Blood was pouring from his broken nose...

There was dense smoke pouring from all four engines...

[V adv] Tears poured down both our faces...

[V adv] The tide poured in from the south.

4) VERB: usu cont When it rains very heavily, you can say that it is pouring.

[it V] It has been pouring in Delhi almost non stop for the past three days, disrupting normal life...

[it V] It has been pouring with rain all week...

[V down] The rain was pouring down...

[V-ing] We drove all the way through pouring rain.

5) VERB If people pour into or out of a place, they go there quickly and in large numbers.

[V prep/adv] Any day now, the Northern forces may pour across the new border...

[V prep/adv] Holidaymakers continued to pour down to the coast in search of surf and sun...

[V prep/adv] At six p.m. large groups poured from the numerous offices.

Syn:

stream

6) VERB If something such as information pours into a place, a lot of it is obtained or given.

[V adv/prep] Martin, 78, died yesterday. Tributes poured in from around the globe...

[V adv/prep] The commission has invited interested parties to submit comments, and these are now pouring in.

Syn:

flood

7) PHRASE: V inflects If someone pours cold water on a plan or idea, they criticize it so much that people lose their enthusiasm for it.

to pour scorn on something → see scorn

The education secretary poured cold water on the recommendations of a working party set up to look at physical education.

Phrasal Verbs:

- pour into

- pour out

Syn:

dismiss