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pour

UK/pɔː/ US/poɹ/ common

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”
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3.

pour out

  • “the sommelier decanted the wines”
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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”
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Origin

From Middle English pouren (“to pour”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old Northern French purer (“to sift (grain), pour out (water)”), from Latin pūrō (“to purify”), from pūrus (“pure”). Compare Middle Dutch afpuren (“to pour off, drain”). To pour displaced several Middle English verbs: * schenchen, schenken (“to pour”), from Old English sċenċan (“to pour out”) and Old Norse skenkja, from Proto-Germanic *skankijaną. Compare dialectal English shink, skink. * yeten, from Old English ġēotan (“to pour”), from Proto-Germanic *geutaną. * 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”). * temen (“to pour out, empty”), from Old Norse tœma (“to pour out, empty”). Compare archaic English teem.

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  • med pour

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