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What does "pour" mean?

Pour: 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.

Additional senses

  1. 2.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. 1 Sam. i.
  2. 3.Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee. Ezek. vii.
  3. 4.London doth pour out her citizens ! Shak. Wherefore did Nature pour her bounties forth With such a full and unwithdrawing hand Milton.
  4. 5.To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly. Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat Pope.
  5. 6.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. Gay.
  6. 7.A stream, or something like a stream; a flood. [Colloq.] "A pour of rain." Miss Ferrier.

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