pour

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Verb

1. 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 pour oil onto chips
   • to pour out sand or dust.
2. 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.
3. To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly.
4. To flow, pass, or issue in a stream; to fall continuously and abundantly.
   • the rain poured down.
5. To rain hard.
   • It's pouring outside.
6. Of a beverage, to be on tap or otherwise available for serving to customers.
7. To move in a throng, as a crowd.
   • The people poured out of the theater.
8. To move (a drunk or unsteady person) into or out of a place or vehicle.
   • She poured him into a taxi and handed the driver the fare.

Noun

1. The act of pouring.
   • The bartender's inexpert pour left me with a pint of beer that was half foam.
2. Something, or an amount, poured.
3. A downpour; a flood of precipitation.

Verb

1. Misspelling of pore.

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