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verb

Pour v. t. (past & past part. poured; pres. part. pouring)

To cause to flow in a stream, as a liquid or anything flowing like a liquid, either out of a vessel or into it; as, to pour water from a pail; to pour wine into a decanter; to pour oil upon the waters; to pour out sand or dust.

To send forth as in a stream or a flood; to emit; to let escape freely or wholly. "I... have poured out my soul before the Lord." "Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee." "London doth pour out her citizens!" "Wherefore did Nature pour her bounties forth With such a full and unwithdrawing hand?"

To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly. "Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat?"

Pour v. i. To pore. (Obs.)

Pour v. i. To flow, pass, or issue in a stream, or as a stream; to fall continuously and abundantly; as, the rain pours; the people poured out of the theater. "In the rude throng pour on with furious pace."

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Etymology of 'Pouring'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Pouring" Quotes from Famous Books

... the first little hillock, they saw the troopers of Catiline pouring out of the watch-tower gate, and thundering down the slope toward the bridge, with furious shouts, at a rate scarcely ...

— The Roman Traitor (Vol. 2 of 2) • Henry William Herbert

... slow to form an opinion, thinking that what seemed odd and suspicious to him would perhaps be all right in New York. He therefore dismissed the matter from his mind, and watched with amazement the crowds of men who at that hour of the day were pouring up Broadway, on their way home ...

— The Boy Broker - Among the Kings of Wall Street • Frank A. Munsey

... time the passengers—who, when the train pulled to a sudden stop that was followed by a fusillade of shots, believed it had been halted by bandits—had recovered from their confusion and were pouring out of the coaches, swarming toward the locomotive. A stout woman, whose short hair straggling to her bare shoulders indicated that she had been preparing to retire, screamed and fainted into the arms of a little man who struggled desperately to ...

— Spring Street - A Story of Los Angeles • James H. Richardson

... came down, casting wonderful shadows, setting towering pyramidical trees blazing as it were; and then all at once the boy could have believed that he was gazing where there was a gash of liquid fire pouring down into a dark valley, flashing and coruscating ...

— Jack at Sea - All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy • George Manville Fenn

... brought—a four-quart one. He took up that two-pint bottle and began to pour; went on pouring, the red liquor gurgling and gushing into the white bowl and rising higher and higher up its sides, everybody staring and holding their breath—and presently the bowl was full ...

— The Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories • Mark Twain

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