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Webster 1913 Edition

Pour

Pour

,
Adj.
Poor.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Pour

,
Verb.
I.
To pore.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Pour

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Poured
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Pouring
.]
[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 !
Shakespeare
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

,
Verb.
I.
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

,
Noun.
A stream, or something like a stream; a flood.
[Colloq.]
“A pour of rain.”
Miss Ferrier.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pour

POUR

, v.t.
1.
To throw, as a fluid in a stream, either out of a vessel, or into it; as, to pour water from a pail, or out of a pail; to pour wine into a decanter. Pour is appropriately but not exclusively applied to fluids, and signifies merely to cast or throw, and this sense is modified by out, from, in, into, against, on, upon, under, &c. It is applied not only to liquors, but to other fluids, and to substances consisting of fine particles; as, to pour a stream of gas or air upon a fire; to pour out sand. It expresses particularly the bestowing or sending forth in copious abundance.
I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh. Joel 2.
To pour out dust. Lex.14.
2.
To emit; to send forth in a stream or continued succession.
London doth pout out her citizens.
3.
To send forth; as, to pour out words, prayers or sighs; to pour out the heart or soul. Ps.62.42.
4.
To throw in profusion or with overwhelming force.
I will shortly pour out my fury on thee. Ezek.7.

POUR

,
Verb.
I.
To flow; to issue forth in a stream, or continued succession of parts; to move or rush, as a current. The torrent pours down from the mountain, or along the steep descent.
1.
To rush in a crowd or continued procession.
A ghastly band of giants,
All pouring down the mountain, crowd the shore.

Definition 2024

pour

pour

See also: poür

English

Ice tea poured into a glass

Verb

pour ‎(third-person singular simple present pours, present participle pouring, simple past and past participle poured)

  1. (transitive) To cause to flow in a stream, as a liquid or anything flowing like a liquid, either out of a vessel or into it.
    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. (transitive) To send forth as in a stream or a flood; to emit; to let escape freely or wholly.
    • The Bible, 1 Samuel i. 15.
      I […] have poured out my soul before the Lord.
    • The Bible, Ezekiel vii. 8
      Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee.
    • William Shakespeare
      London doth pour out her citizens!
    • John Milton
      Wherefore did Nature pour her bounties forth With such a full and unwithdrawing hand?
    • 2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:
      At the same time, it is pouring money into cleaning up the country.
  3. (transitive) To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly.
    • A. Pope
      Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat?
  4. (intransitive) To flow, pass or issue in or as a stream; to fall continuously and abundantly; as, the rain pours.
    • Gay
      In the rude throng pour on with furious pace.
    • 2011 January 8, Chris Bevan, “Arsenal 1-1 Leeds”, in BBC:
      In a breathless finish Arsenal poured forward looking for a winner but Leeds held out for a deserved replay after Bendtner wastefully fired wide and Schmeichel acrobatically kept out Denilson's rasping effort
    The people poured out of the theater.‎
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Noun

pour ‎(plural pours)

  1. The act of pouring.
    The bartender's inexpert pour left me with a pint of beer that was half foam.
  2. Something, or an amount, poured.
    • 2003, John Brian Newman, B. S. Choo, Advanced concrete technology: Volume 2
      Over this time period, the first concrete pour has not only lost workability but has started to set so that it is no longer affected by the action of a vibrator.
  3. (colloquial) A stream, or something like a stream; especially a flood of precipitation.
    A pour of rain. --Miss Ferrier.
Translations

Etymology 2

Verb

pour

  1. Misspelling of pore.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From Old French por, from Latin pro.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /puʁ/

Preposition

pour

  1. for (when followed by a noun or pronoun)
    J'ai un cadeau pour toi.‎
    I've got a gift for you.
  2. to (when following a verb at the infinitive)
    Je veux chanter pour te faire revenir.‎
    I want to sing to make you come back.

Derived terms

Anagrams

Middle French

Etymology

Old French por, pur.

Preposition

pour

  1. for (indicates an intended aim or recipient)
    • 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 41:
      Dieu le scet que ie ne le faisoye se non pour bien & pour Dieu & pour franchise avoir
      God knows that I did for good, for God and to have freedom

Descendants

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French por, from Latin pro.

Preposition

pour

  1. (Guernsey) for
  2. (Guernsey) in order to

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • (peasant, farmer): pur (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter), paur (Vallader)
  • (pawn): pur (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader)

Etymology

Of Germanic origin, cognate with German Bauer, Dutch boer.

Noun

pour m (plural pours)

  1. (Surmiran) peasant, farmer
  2. (Surmiran, chess) pawn

Etymology

From Middle English pouren ‎(“to pour”). Origin uncertain. Likely of Celtic origin, from Celtic base *purr- ‎(“to jerk, throw (water)”). Akin to Welsh bwrw ‎(“to cast; to strike; to rain”), Scottish Gaelic purr ‎(“to push, thrust, urge, drive”), Irish purraim ‎(“I push, I jerk”). Compare Flemish pouren ‎(“to pour”)(rare).

Displaced native Middle English schenchen, schenken ‎(“to pour”) (from Old English scencan ‎(“to pour out”)), ȝeoten, yetten ‎(“to pour”) (from Old English ġēotan ‎(“to pour”)), temen ‎(“to pour out, empty”) (from Old Norse tǿma ‎(“to pour out, empty”)), 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”)).

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