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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pour \Pour\, verb (used without an object) 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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pour \Pour\, adjective Poor. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pour \Pour\, noun A stream, or something like a stream; a flood. [Colloq.] ''A pour of rain.'' --Miss Ferrier.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pour \Pour\, verb (used without an object) To pore. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pour \Pour\, verb (used with an object) [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 ! --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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
pour
verb
1: cause to run; "pour water over the floor"
2: move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza" [syn: {swarm}, {stream}, {teem}, {pullulate}]
3: pour out; "the sommelier decanted the wines" [syn: {decant}, {pour out}]
4: flow in a spurt; "Water poured all over the floor"
5: supply in large amounts or quantities; "We poured money into the education of our children"
6: rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!" [syn: {pelt}, {stream}, {rain cats and dogs}, {rain buckets}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
192 Moby Thesaurus words for "pour": Niagara, abound, accord, administer, afford, allot, allow, award, bail, beat, bestow, bestow on, blow out, brash, bristle with, bucket, burst of rain, cascade, cast forth, cataclysm, cataract, cloudburst, communicate, confer, course, crawl with, creep with, crowd, cup, deal, deal out, debouch, decant, deluge, dip, discharge, disembogue, disgorge, dish, dish out, dish up, dispense, dole, dole out, donate, downfall, downflow, downpour, drain, drain out, drench, drencher, drizzle, drum, ebb, ejaculate, emerge, emit, empty, eruct, erupt, exhaust, expel, extend, extravasate, exuberate, fall, find vent, flood, flooding, flow, flow back, flow in, flow out, flush, fork, fork out, fresh, freshet, gift, gift with, give, give freely, give off, give out, go forth, grant, gush, gush out, gushing rain, hand out, heap, heavy rain, help to, impart, inundate, inundation, issue, issue forth, jet, ladle, lash, lavish, let have, let out, make, mete, mete out, mizzle, offer, outflow, outpour, overflow, patter, pelt, pitter-patter, plash, pour forth, pour out, pour with rain, precipitate, present, proceed, proffer, proliferate, rain, rain tadpoles, rainburst, rainspout, rainstorm, regurgitate, render, rill, river, roll, run, run out, run over, rush, sally forth, scoop, scud, send forth, send out, serve, set, shell out, shovel, shower, shower down, slip, sluice, sluice out, snow, soaker, soaking rain, spade, spate, spatter, spew, spew out, spit, spoon, spout, spout out, spring, sprinkle, spurt, squirt, stream, surge, surge back, swarm, swarm with, tattoo, teem, teem with, tender, throng, throw out, torrent, torrent of rain, trend, void, vomit forth, vouchsafe, waterflood, waterspout, weep, well, well out, yield
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