Meaning of pour in English

pour

verb

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/pɔːr/

pour verb (LIQUID)

to make a substance flow from a container, especially into another container, by raising just one side of the container that the substance is in:

I spilled the juice while I was pouring it.

pour something into something Pour the honey into the bowl and mix it thoroughly with the other ingredients.

[ + two objects ] Would you like me to pour you some more wine?

Would you like to pour (= pour a drink into a glass or cup) while I open some bags of nuts?

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After four minutes, pour the pasta into a colander to drain.
Let's see if I can pour the juice into the glass without spilling it.
I could hear the champagne fizz as he poured it into my glass.
The milk overflowed when I poured it into the jug.
Jack was pouring himself another glass of whisky.

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pour verb (LARGE AMOUNTS)

B1 [ I or T, usually + adv/prep ]

to (cause to) flow quickly and in large amounts:

pour out The bus was pouring out thick black exhaust fumes.

pour something into something The government has been pouring money into inefficient state-owned industries, and the country can no longer afford it.

pour from I felt a sharp pain and looked down to see blood pouring from my leg.

pour into Refugees have been pouring into neighbouring countries to escape the civil war.

pour down The sweat was pouring down her face by the end of the race.

pour with rain It looks as though it's about to pour with rain.

Unless it's absolutely pouring down (= raining heavily), the children will have a great time.

the pouring rain I was standing in the pouring rain for an hour waiting for my bus.

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Idioms

pour oil on troubled waters

pour scorn on someone/something

Phrasal verb

pour something out

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pour

verb

us/pɔr/

pour verb (CAUSE TO FLOW)

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[ T ]

to make a substance flow, esp. out of a container and usually into another container:

[ T ] Pour the sugar into the bowl.

[ T ] Would you like me to pour you some coffee?

pour verb (FLOW QUICKLY)

[ always + adv/prep ]

to flow quickly and in large amounts, or to cause (something) to flow in large amounts:

[ I ] Water poured into the basement.

[ I ] When the movie ended, the crowd poured into the street.

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If you say about the weather that it is pouring, you mean that it is raining heavily:

[ I ] You’d better take an umbrella – it’s pouring out there.

Phrasal verbs

pour something into something

pour something out

(Definition of pour from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of pour

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She does not paint but rather pours her soul, talent and intelligence onto the canvas.

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She pours herself into the music in a manner reminiscent of many seventeenth- and eighteenth-century virtuosos; it was compelling then and remains so now.

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The purest water was normally obtained from caves and was placed in bowls and poured onto idols, world trees, or the ground.

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Melted paraffin wax was poured over the agar to provide an effective hydraulic seal.

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I took the alcohol from one of the preparations, poured it into the water and drank.

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The phenomenal wealth that poured from the desert changed forever the lifestyles of the people.

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A very small volume of fixative (methanol 3 : acetic acid 1) was poured into the hypotonic solution.

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Following digestion, fluid was poured through a tea sieve into a conical beaker, and allowed to stand for 40 min for sedimentation of larvae.

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Money should not be poured into short-lived welfare schemes where the process of ageing is less well charted.

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He also poured scorn upon other members of the parliamentary classes and was withering in his condemnation of the present (whig) ministry.

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The fluid was squeezed from the swab into the stomacher bag or poured into a sterile test tube.

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The suspension was mixed with an equal volume of 1.4 % low melting point agarose and poured into a prechilled mould.

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The cell and bead mixture is poured through a magnetic column.

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Desires repressed in every fan's throat come pouring back as singers on stage or record sing our muteness.

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If there was no bottom, you could just keep on pouring in ten, twenty, even thirty gallons and it would all just run out.

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What is the pronunciation of pour?

Translations of pour

in Chinese (Traditional)

使流動, 倒，注，灌, 快速流動…

Meaning of pour in English

pour verb (LIQUID)

pour verb (LARGE AMOUNTS)

Idioms

Phrasal verb

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pour verb (CAUSE TO FLOW)

pour verb (FLOW QUICKLY)

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