pour

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   move in large numbers

   people were pouring out of the theater

2. 2
   verb

   flow in a spurt

   Water poured all over the floor

3. 3
   verb

   cause to run

   pour water over the floor

4. 4
   verb

   supply in large amounts or quantities

   We poured money into the education of our children

5. 5
   verb

   rain heavily

   Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!

6. 6
   verb

   To cause (liquid, or liquid-like substance) to flow in a stream, either out of a container or into it.

   pour water from a jug

7. 7
   verb

   To send out as in a stream or a flood; to cause (an emotion) to come out; to cause to escape.

   My teacher poured scorn on my attempts at writing.

8. 8
   verb

   To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly.

   Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat?

Etymology

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 byrel…