Category:Pour

Pour, a.

Defn: poor. [obs.] Chaucer.

Pour Pour, v. i.

Defn: to pore. [obs.] Chaucer.

Pour Pour, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Poured; p. pr. & vb. n. Pouring.] Etym: [oe. pouren, of uncertain origin; cf. W. bwrw to cast, throw, shed, Bwrw gwlaw to rain.]

1. To cause to flow in a stream, as a liquid or anything flowing like A liquid, either out of a vessel or into it; as, 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. To send forth as in a stream or a flood; to emit; to let escape Freely or wholly. I. . . have poured out my soul before the lord. 1 sam. i. 15. Now will i shortly pour out my fury upon thee. Ezek. vii. 8. London doth pour out her citizens ! Shak. Wherefore did nature pour her bounties forth with such a full and Unwithdrawing hand milton.

3. To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly. Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat pope.

Pour Pour, v. i.

Defn: to flow, pass, or issue in a stream, or as a stream; to fall Continuously and abundantly; as, the rain pours; the people poured Out of the theater. In the rude throng pour on with furious pace. Gay.

Pour Pour, n.

Defn: a stream, or something like a stream; a flood. [colloq.] "a Pour of rain." Miss ferrier.