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Pour Meaning, Examples, and Common Usage (2 meaning)

Meaning 1：make a liquid flow (pour)

pour 🔊

/pɔːr/

to make a liquid flow out of a container

Pour milk from pitcher into bowl on kitchen counter

make a liquid flow 🔊

➕

/meɪk ə ˈlɪkwɪd floʊ/

To cause a liquid to flow from a container, usually by tipping it.

📁 Category：Behaviors & Actions 🔖 Level：Beginner

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

From Old French 'purer' (to purify), later meant 'to cause a liquid to flow'.

💡 Mnemonic

Think 'p' + 'our' — we pour our drink.

📖 Example

Please pour me a glass of water; I'm really thirsty after the walk. 🔊 Please pour me a glass of water; I'm very thirsty after the walk.

🔗 Collocations

pour out – to empty a container by tilting it so the liquid flows out

pour in – to add something by pouring it into a container

pour over – to pour liquid onto the surface of something

🔄 Synonyms

decant (v.) – to pour a liquid from one container into another, especially to separate sediment

tip (v.) – to cause the contents of a container to fall out by tilting it

drain (v.) – to cause liquid to flow away from something by letting it run out

🌱 Derivatives

pourable (adj.) – able to be poured easily

pourer (n.) – a person or thing that pours

📖 Cultural Story

Originating from Latin 'purare' (to purify) via Old French 'purer', the verb 'pour' shifted from purifying liquids to simply transferring them. It's frequently used figuratively in business, e.g., 'pouring funds into a project'.

Meaning 2：rain heavily (pour)

pour 🔊

/pɔːr/

when rain falls very heavily, like someone is tipping water from the sky

Heavy rain pouring down on street through window

rain heavily 🔊

➕

/reɪn ˈhɛvɪli/

To rain very heavily, in a continuous downpour.

📁 Category：Natural Geography 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Example

We forgot our umbrellas, and it started to pour just as we left the cinema. 🔊 We forgot our umbrellas, and it started raining heavily as soon as we left the cinema.

🔗 Collocations

pour down – to fall heavily, especially said of rain

it pours – a phrase used when rain is falling very heavily

pouring rain – very heavy rain that is falling continuously

🔄 Synonyms

teem (v.) – to rain very heavily, often used with 'down' (it's teeming down)

lash down (phrasal verb) – to rain with great force, often driven by wind

bucket down (phrasal verb (informal)) – to rain extremely hard

🚫 Antonyms

drizzle (v.) – to rain in very small, light drops

sprinkle (v.) – to rain lightly and intermittently

🌱 Derivatives

pouring (adj.) – raining very heavily