## Meanings
1. To make a liquid flow steadily out of or into a container.
2. To rain very heavily.
3. To move or arrive in large numbers.
4. To supply something in large amounts.

## Examples
- She poured water from the jug into the glass.
- Put on your raincoat; it's pouring outside.
- People poured out of the theatre after the show.
- The government poured money into the new schools.

## Derived Forms
- rainpour

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: pouren
- Root: purer
- Root: pūrō

## 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…

## AI Etymology
Pour comes 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. The historical chain includes pouren (Middle English), purer (fro-nor), pūrō (Latin). In present-day English it covers to make a liquid flow steadily out of or into a container, to rain very heavily, and to move or arrive in large numbers. The wider family includes derived forms such as rainpour.

## Topics
- Verbs of Movement

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