pour

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English [edit]

Ice Tea poured into a glass

Etymology [edit]

From Middle English pouren, pouren (“to pour”). Origin uncertain. Likely of Celtic origin, from Celtic base *purr- (“to jerk, throw (water)”). Akin to Welsh bwrw (“to cast; to strike; to rain”), Scottish Gaelic purr (“to push, thrust, urge, drive”), Irish purraim (“I push, I jerk”).

Displaced native Middle English schenchen, schenken (“to pour”) (from Old English scencan (“to pour out”)), ȝeoten, yetten (“to pour”) (from Old English ġēotan (“to pour”)), temen (“to pour out, empty”) (from Old Norse tǿma (“to pour out, empty”)), birlen (“to pour, serve drink to”) (from Old English byrelian (“to pour, serve drink to”)), hellen (“to pour, pour out”) (from Old Norse hella (“to pour out, incline”)).

Pronunciation [edit]

Verb [edit]

pour (third-person singular simple present pours, present participle pouring, simple past and past participle poured)

  1. (transitive) To cause to flow in a stream, as a liquid or anything flowing like a liquid, either out of a vessel or into it
    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. (transitive) 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. -- 1Sam. 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. (transitive) To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly.
    Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat ? --A.Pope.
  4. (intransitive) To flow, pass or issue in 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.
    • 2011 January 8, Chris Bevan, “Arsenal 1 - 1 Leeds”, BBC:
      In a breathless finish Arsenal poured forward looking for a winner but Leeds held out for a deserved replay after Bendtner wastefully fired wide and Schmeichel acrobatically kept out Denilson's rasping effort

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Translations [edit]

to cause to flow in a stream
to send forth as in a stream or a flood
to send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly
to flow, pass or issue in or as a stream
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Noun [edit]

pour (plural pours)

  1. The act of pouring.
  2. Something, or an amount, poured.
    • 2003, John Brian Newman, B. S. Choo, Advanced concrete technology: Volume 2
      Over this time period, the first concrete pour has not only lost workability but has started to set so that it is no longer affected by the action of a vibrator.
  3. (colloquial) A stream, or something like a stream; especially a flood of precipitation.
    A pour of rain. --Miss Ferrier.

Translations [edit]

a stream, or something like a stream; a flood
a flood of precipitation

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French [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old French por, from Latin pro

Pronunciation [edit]

Preposition [edit]

pour

  1. for
    J'ai un cadeau pour toi.
    I've got a gift for you.
  2. to
    Je veux chanter pour te faire revenir.
    I want to sing to make you come back.

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Guernésiais [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old French por, from Latin pro.

Preposition [edit]

pour

  1. for
  2. in order to

Romansch [edit]

Alternative forms [edit]

  • (peasant, farmer): pur (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter), paur (Vallader)
  • (pawn): pur (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader)

Etymology [edit]

Of Germanic origin, cognate with German Bauer, Dutch boer.

Noun [edit]

pour m (plural pours)

  1. (Surmiran) peasant, farmer
  2. (Surmiran, chess) pawn
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