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How to pronounce pour in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms decant, pour out
Type Words
Synonyms pelt, rain buckets, rain cats and dogs, stream
Type of rain down, rain
Has types sluice down, sluice, sheet


Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!.
Type Words
Synonyms pullulate, stream, swarm, teem
Type of crowd together, crowd
Has types spill over, pour out, spill out


people were pouring out of the theater.
Type Words
Type of displace, move
Has types drop, effuse, shed, pour out, transfuse, spill, decant, dribble, drip, pour forth


pour water over the floor.
Type Words
Type of feed, course, flow, run
Has types regurgitate, gush, spirt, spout, spurt


Water poured all over the floor.
Type Words
Type of provide, furnish, supply, render


We poured money into the education of our children.

Examples of pour

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Using a silicon mini muffin mold, pour mixture three-quarters of the way to top.
From the tennessean.com
Pour into the top of a double boiler or into a metal bowl set in a pan of water.
From the stltoday.com
Pour over the cooked broccoli and gently toss until the sauce is heated through.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Lane Construction has subcontracted Empire Tilt Up Systems to pour the concrete.
From the news-journalonline.com
Pour the Champagne and vodka in a glass and add the lemon wheel to float on top.
From the omaha.com
Pour a generous amount in the bowl and add a splash of water, then scrub gently.
From the washingtonpost.com
Place chicken thighs into a large, plastic resealable bag, and pour in marinade.
From the kentucky.com
Pour a small amount of the hot mixture into beaten egg yolk, beating constantly.
From the post-gazette.com
Pour the blended mixture into a medium mesh wire strainer set over a large bowl.
From the sfgate.com
More examples
  • Cause to run; "pour water over the floor"
  • Move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza"
  • Decant: pour out; "the sommelier decanted the wines"
  • Supply in large amounts or quantities; "We poured money into the education of our children"
  • Rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!"
  • Rain is liquid precipitation, as opposed to non-liquid kinds of precipitation such as snow, hail and sleet. Rain requires the presence of a thick layer of the atmosphere to have temperatures above the melting point of water near and above the Earth's surface. ...
  • The act of pouring; Something, or an amount, poured; A stream, or something like a stream; especially a flood of precipitation; 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 send forth as in a stream or a flood; to emit; to ...
  • Discharge of molten metal from the ladle into the mold.
  • An informal term referring to the production of a cast. It is derived from the action of pouring the casting material into the impression on the mold.