pour

Definitions


[pɔː], (Verb)

Definitions:
- flow rapidly in a steady stream
(e.g: water poured off the roof)

- come or go in a steady stream and in large numbers
(e.g: people poured out of the train)

- (of rain) fall heavily
(e.g: the storm clouds gathered and the rain poured down)


Phrases:
- it never rains but it pours
- pour it on
- pour oil on troubled waters

Origin:
Middle English: of unknown origin




definition by Oxford Dictionaries