ADV
carefully | deliberately | quickly | gradually, slowly
out
After the argument, she poured out all her feelings to her best friend.
PREP
from, into, on, onto, out of, over
Rain poured down onto the street during the storm yesterday afternoon.
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
pour wine into a decanter
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.
How London doth pour out her citizens.
To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly.
Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat?
To flow, pass, or issue in a stream; to fall continuously and abundantly.
the rain poured down.
The rain came pouring down When I was drownin', that's when I could finally breathe
To rain hard.
It's pouring outside.
noun
The act of pouring.
The bartender's inexpert pour left me with a pint of beer that was half foam.
Something, or an amount, poured.
Over this time period, the first concrete pour has not only lost workability but has started to set so that it is no longer affected by the action of a vibrator.
HS2 Ltd has completed the first base-slab concrete pour at the western end of Old Oak Common station.
A downpour; a flood of precipitation.
Then, as if to give the lie to the offensive insinuation, he mounted his horse, and rode home ten miles in a pour of rain, without a great coat or umbrella.
But then one of Mr. Knott's men would have had to put on his coat and hat and turn out, as likely as not in the pitch dark, and in torrents of rain in all probability, and grope his way in the dark in the pours of rain, with the pot of food in his hand, a wretched and ridiculous figure, to where the dog lay.
verb
Misspelling of pore.
To calm, appease or quiet a person or situation.
Tom Street deemed it his duty to pour oil upon the troubled waters, being, as it were, officially responsible for the welfare of the chowder-plates and tobacco-pipes which were hir
Synonym of throw cold water on (“to belittle or dismiss”).
Leaked documents from TfL poured cold water over the prospect of driverless trains. They concluded there was no financial case because because of the very high up-front infrastruct
To express one's innermost thoughts or feelings effusively.
He poured his heart out to them, so as he never could in any other company, where he hath generally passed for being moody, or supercilious and silent.
Synonym of add fuel to the fire.
Instead of using the opportunity to ease the tensions between Bonn and Washington, Acheson chose to pour gasoline on the fire.
Synonym of add fuel to the fire.
pour water from a jug
Wiktionarypour wine into a decanter
Wiktionaryto pour oil onto chips
WiktionaryThe bartender's inexpert pour left me with a pint of beer that was half foam.
WiktionaryOver this time period, the first concrete pour has not only lost workability but has started to set so that it is no longer affected by the action of a vibrator.
WiktionaryHS2 Ltd has completed the first base-slab concrete pour at the western end of Old Oak Common station.
Wiktionaryi Register
In some senses, pour is marked as figuratively, colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.