pour (pours 3rd person present) (pouring present participle) (poured past tense & past participle )
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.
Pour a pool of sauce on two plates and arrange the meat neatly... V n prep
Heat the oil in a non-stick frying-pan, then pour in the egg mixture. V n with adv
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.
He got up and poured himself another drink... V n n
Quietly Mark poured and served drinks for all of them. V n for 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... V prep/adv
Tears poured down both our faces... V prep/adv
The tide poured in from the south. V prep/adv
4 verb When it rains very heavily, you can say that it is pouring.
usu cont
It has been pouring with rain all week... it V
The rain was pouring down... V down
We drove all the way through pouring rain. V-ing
5 verb If people pour into or out of a place, they go there quickly and in large numbers.
(=stream)
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
6 verb If something such as information pours into a place, a lot of it is obtained or given.
(=flood)
Martin, 78, died yesterday. Tributes poured in from around the globe... V adv/prep
7 If someone pours cold water on a plan or idea, they criticize it so much that people lose their enthusiasm for it.
pour cold water on phrase V inflects
(=dismiss)
The education secretary poured cold water on the recommendations of a working party.
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water pour into phrasal verb If you pour money or supplies into an activity or organization, or if it pours in, a lot of money or supplies are given in order to do the activity or help the organization.
The Government continues to pour billions of pounds into its massive road-building programme... V n P n
Food donations have poured in from all over the country. V P pour out
1 phrasal verb If you pour out a drink, you put some of it in a cup or glass.
Larry was pouring out four glasses of champagne... V P n (not pron)
Carefully and slowly he poured the beer out. V n P
2 phrasal verb If you pour out your thoughts, feelings, or experiences, you tell someone all about them.
I poured my thoughts out on paper in an attempt to rationalize my feelings. V n P
