pour
pour is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 7 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
- 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.
- 3.Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee. Ezek. vii.
- 4.London doth pour out her citizens ! Shak. Wherefore did Nature pour her bounties forth With such a full and unwithdrawing hand Milton.
- 5.To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly. Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat Pope.
- 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.
- 7.A stream, or something like a stream; a flood. [Colloq.] "A pour of rain." Miss Ferrier.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abnegation
- abstain
- abstainer
- abstemious
- abstemiousness
- abstinence
- abstinent
- absurdity
- affectibility
- alcoholic
- alive
- anticlimax
- are
- aromatic
- awkward
- baroque
- bathos
- bear
- bizarre
- bombast
- bombastic
- buffoonery
- burlesque
- chicken
- comedy
- comical
- comicality
- commit
- compass
- contemptible
- core
- dancing
- deny
- derisive
- die
- doggerel
- driver
- droll
- drollery
- drollish
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is pour.
- What is 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 called?
- What is now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee. Ezek. vii called?
- What is london doth pour out her citizens ! Shak. Wherefore did Nature pour her bounties forth With such a full and unwithdrawing hand Milton called?
- What is to send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly. Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat Pope called?
- What is 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 called?
- What is a stream, or something like a stream; a flood. [Colloq.] "A pour of rain." Miss Ferrier called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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