# pour

Pronunciation: US say "POR" /poɹ/; UK say "PAW" /pɔː/

## Verb

1. To make a liquid, or something that flows like one, run in a stream out of or into a container.
   - Simple: To make a liquid, or something like sand or sugar, flow out of a container or into one.
   - _He poured coffee into two mugs and carried them to the table._
   - _Pour the batter slowly so it spreads evenly across the pan._
2. To stream out or along, or to come down steadily and in great quantity.
   - Simple: To flow or fall fast in a steady stream.
   - _Sunlight poured through the tall windows of the library._
   - _Complaints continued to pour in after the price increase._
3. To send out in a stream or flood; to release an emotion or cause something to escape freely.
   - Simple: To let feelings or words come out in a strong, steady flow.
   - _He poured his grief into the music he wrote that year._
   - _Critics pour scorn on the plan every time it resurfaces._
4. To rain hard.
   - Simple: To rain very hard, with water coming down fast.
   - _It poured all weekend, so the game was canceled._
   - _Forecasters say it will pour through Tuesday._
5. To move somewhere in a throng, as a crowd does.
   - Simple: To move somewhere in a large crowd, all at once.
   - _Shoppers poured through the doors the moment the sale began._
   - _Refugees continued to pour across the border for weeks._
7. Of a drink, to be available to customers, whether on tap or in some other form.
   - Simple: To be ready for people to buy, as a drink at a bar or restaurant.
   - _Six craft beers pour at the taproom this weekend._
   - _A seasonal cider has been pouring since the start of October._
9. To invest a great deal of money, time, effort, or other resources in something, usually over time (followed by into).
   - Simple: To spend a lot of money, time, or effort on something, usually over some time.
   - _Investors continue to pour billions into electric-vehicle startups._
   - _He has poured years of research into a book that may never be published._

## Noun

6. An act of pouring, or the amount of a drink or other substance poured at one time.
   - Simple: The act of pouring, or how much of a drink you pour at one time.
   - _The ceremony ended with a slow pour of tea for each guest._
   - _A steady pour keeps the batter from splashing._
8. A heavy, flooding fall of rain or other precipitation; a downpour. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: A time when rain falls very hard, a heavy rain.
   - _The rain came down in a steady pour all afternoon._
   - _We sheltered under the bridge until the worst of the pour had passed._

## Other meanings

- (verb) Misspelling of pore: to read or study something closely and at length, usually followed by over.

## Origin

Middle English pouren ("to pour") is of uncertain origin. One possibility is Old Northern French purer, which meant to sift grain or pour out water and goes back to Latin pūrō ("to purify"), a verb formed on pūrus ("pure"). As it spread, pour pushed out several older Middle English verbs for pouring, among them yeten, hellen, and temen.

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