pour out




WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
pour /pɔr/USA pronunciation   v. 
  1. to (cause to) flow, as from one container to another, or into, over, or on something: [+ object]She poured some milk into her coffee.[+ object + object]I poured myself another drink.[no object]The wine poured smoothly from the bottle.
  2. pour out, to produce or speak in or as if in a flood: [+ out + object]began to pour out her troubles.[+ object + out]She began to pour them out.
  3. to proceed in great amount or number:[no object]Crowds poured from the stadium after the game.
  4. to rain heavily:[no object;It + ~]It was pouring and the streets were flooded.
pour•ing, adj. [before a noun]:He never wears a raincoat, even in the pouring rain.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
pour  (pôr, pōr),USA pronunciation v.t. 
  1. to send (a liquid, fluid, or anything in loose particles) flowing or falling, as from one container to another, or into, over, or on something:to pour a glass of milk; to pour water on a plant.
  2. to emit or propel, esp. continuously or rapidly:The hunter poured bullets into the moving object.
  3. to produce or utter in or as in a stream or flood (often fol. by out):to pour out one's troubles to a friend.

v.i. 
  1. to issue, move, or proceed in great quantity or number:Crowds poured from the stadium after the game.
  2. to flow forth or along;
    stream:Floodwaters poured over the embankments.
  3. to rain heavily (often used impersonally with it as subject):It was pouring, but fortunately we had umbrellas.

n. 
  1. the act of pouring.
  2. an abundant or continuous flow or stream:a pour of invective.
  3. a heavy fall of rain.
  • 1300–50; Middle English pouren; origin, originally uncertain
poura•ble, adj. 
pour′a•bili•ty, n. 
pourer, n. 
pouring•ly, adv. 

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