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to pour
01
to make a container's liquid flow out of it
Transitive: to pour a liquid | to pour a liquid somewhere
Grammatical Information
Movement verb
Regular
Present tense
pour
3rd person singular
pours
Past simple
poured
Past participle
poured
Examples
She poured milk into her cereal bowl for breakfast.
02
to rain heavily and in a large amount
Intransitive
Examples
It started to pour just as we left the house, drenching us completely.
03
to move quickly in a continuous, steady flow
Intransitive: to pour somewhere
Examples
Water poured from the faucet into the sink.
04
to move continuously and in large numbers
Intransitive: to pour somewhere
Examples
People poured into the theater to see the opening show.
05
to give or produce something in large amounts
Transitive: to pour a resource into sth
Examples
She poured love and care into raising her children.
Lexical Tree
pourable
pouring
pour
