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pour

verb

/pɔːr/

Meaning

to flow or cause to flow in a steady stream; to rain heavily

to cause a liquid to flow from a container

Please pour the water into the glass carefully.

She poured the tea into the cup.

flow, stream, spill, tip, decant, dispense

Entry 1

flow, stream, spill, tip

Entry 2

spill, decant, dispense

stop, contain, hold, retain, spill (incorrectly), collect

Entry 1

stop, contain, hold, retain

Entry 2

spill (incorrectly), collect

pour out, pour into, pour carefully, pour slowly, pour water, pour tea

Entry 1

pour out, pour into, pour carefully, pour slowly

Entry 2

pour water, pour tea, pour into, pour out

to talk with pride about something you have or achieved

to compensate for faults or mistakes; to exchange something for value

to confuse or disconcert; to upset the normal order

to use one's mind to consider or reason about something

To check or prove the accuracy, truth, or legality of something.

to stop doing something, especially an action considered wrong or undesirable