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Entry 7 senses · 5 variants Webster, 1913

Pour

/pôr/ · IPA /poɹ/
01 a. Poor.
  1. 1.
    Poor.[Obs.]
02 v. i. To pore.
  1. 1.
    To pore.[Obs.]
03 v. t. 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 pa…
imp. & p. p. Poured; p. pr. & vb. n. Pouring
  1. 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. 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. 15.
    “Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee.” — Ezek. vii. 8.
    “London doth pour out her citizens !” — Shak.
    “Wherefore did Nature pour her bounties forth With such a full and unwithdrawing hand ?” — Milton.
  3. 3.
    To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly.
    “Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat ?” — Pope.
04 v. i. 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 …
  1. 1.
    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.
05 n. A stream, or something like a stream; a flood.
  1. 1.
    A stream, or something like a stream; a flood.[Colloq.]