pour
noun
1. The act of pouring.
2. Something, or an amount, poured.
3. (colloquial) A stream, or something like a stream; especially a flood of precipitation.
- A pour of rain. --Miss Ferrier.
verb
1. cause to run
- pour water over the floor
Definition categories: motion, displace, move
2. move in large numbers
- people were pouring out of the theater
Similar word(s): pullulate, stream, swarm, teem
Definition categories: motion, crowd
3. pour out
Similar word(s): decant
Definition categories: motion, pour
4. flow in a spurt
- Water poured all over the floor
Definition categories: motion, course, feed, flow, run
5. supply in large amounts or quantities
- We poured money into the education of our children
Definition categories: possession, furnish, provide, render, supply
6. rain heavily
- Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!
Definition categories: weather, rain
Sentences with pour as a verb:
- to pour water from a pail;
- The people poured out of the theater.