pour.
To cause (liquid, or liquid-like substance) to flow in a stream, either out of a container or into it.
Meaning & usage
To cause (liquid, or liquid-like substance) to flow in a stream, either out of a container or into it.
pour water from a jug
pour wine into a decanter
To send out as in a stream or a flood; to cause (an emotion) to come out; to cause to escape.
My teacher poured scorn on my attempts at writing.
To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly.
To flow, pass, or issue in a stream; to fall continuously and abundantly.
the rain poured down.
To rain hard.
It's pouring outside.
Of a beverage, to be on tap or otherwise available for serving to customers.
To move in a throng, as a crowd.
The people poured out of the theater.
To move (a drunk or unsteady person) into or out of a place or vehicle.
She poured him into a taxi and handed the driver the fare.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English pouren (“to pour”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old Northern French purer (“to sift (grain), pour out (water)”), from Latin pūrō (“to purify”), from pūrus (“pure”). Compare Middle Dutch afpuren (“to pour off, drain”). To pour displaced several Middle English verbs: * schenchen, schenken (“to pour”), from Old English sċenċan (“to pour out”) and Old Norse skenkja, from Proto-Germanic *skankijaną. Compare dialectal English shink, skink. * yeten, from Old English ġēotan (“to pour”), from Proto-Germanic *geutaną. * birlen (“to pour, serve drink to”), from Old English byrelian (“to pour, serve drink to”). * hellen (“to pour, pour out”), from Old Norse hella (“to pour out, incline”). * temen (“to pour out, empty”), from Old Norse tœma (“to pour out, empty”). Compare archaic English teem.
The act of pouring.
The bartender's inexpert pour left me with a pint of beer that was half foam.
Something, or an amount, poured.
A downpour; a flood of precipitation.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English pouren (“to pour”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old Northern French purer (“to sift (grain), pour out (water)”), from Latin pūrō (“to purify”), from pūrus (“pure”). Compare Middle Dutch afpuren (“to pour off, drain”). To pour displaced several Middle English verbs: * schenchen, schenken (“to pour”), from Old English sċenċan (“to pour out”) and Old Norse skenkja, from Proto-Germanic *skankijaną. Compare dialectal English shink, skink. * yeten, from Old English ġēotan (“to pour”), from Proto-Germanic *geutaną. * birlen (“to pour, serve drink to”), from Old English byrelian (“to pour, serve drink to”). * hellen (“to pour, pour out”), from Old Norse hella (“to pour out, incline”). * temen (“to pour out, empty”), from Old Norse tœma (“to pour out, empty”). Compare archaic English teem.
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