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Definition pour

Etymology 1

From Middle English pouren (�to pour�). Origin uncertain. Likely to be 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�). Compare Dutch pouren (�to pour�) (rare).

Displaced native Middle English schenchen, schenken (�to pour�) (from Old English s?en?an (�to pour out�)), ?eoten, yetten (�to pour�) (from Old English ??otan (�to pour�)), temen (�to pour out, empty�) (from Old Norse t�ma (�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�)).

Verb

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.
2. (transitive) To send forth as in a stream or a flood; to emit; to let escape freely or wholly.
3. (transitive) To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly.
4. (intransitive) To flow, pass or issue in a stream; to fall continuously and abundantly.
5. (impersonal) To rain hard.
6. (intransitive) Of a beverage, to be on tap or otherwise available for serving to customers.
7. (intransitive) To move in a throng, as a crowd.

Noun

pour (plural pours)

1. The act of pouring.
2. Something, or an amount, poured.
3. (colloquial) A stream, or something like a stream; especially a flood of precipitation.

Etymology 2

Verb

pour

1. Misspelling of pore.

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