(Received Pronunciation) enPR: p, IPA(key): /p/

(General American) enPR: pr, IPA(key): /p/

(rhotic, without the horsehoarse merger) enPR: pr, IPA(key): /po()/

(non-rhotic, without the horsehoarse merger) IPA(key): /po/

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Rhymes: -()
Homophone: pore; poor (in accents with the pourpoor merger); paw (non-rhotic accents
with the horsehoarse merger)

Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English 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). Compare
Flemish pouren (to pour)(rare).
Displaced native Middle English schenchen, schenken (to pour) (from Old English scencan (to
pour out)), eoten, yetten (to pour) (from Old English otan (to pour)), temen (to pour out,
empty) (from Old Norse tma (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[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. [quotations ]
3. (transitive) To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly. [quotations ]
4. (intransitive) To flow, pass or issue in a stream; to fall continuously and abundantly
the rain poured down.
5. (intransitive) to move in a throng, as a crowd [quotations ]
The people poured out of the theater.
Synonyms[edit]

(pour a drink): shink, skink

Derived terms[edit]

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derived from pour (verb)

Translations[edit]
[show ]to cause to flow in a stream
[show ]to send forth as in a stream or a flood
[show ]to send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly
[show ]to flow, pass or issue in or as a stream
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Noun[edit]
pour (plural pours)
1. The act of pouring.
The bartender's inexpert pour left me with a pint of beer that was half foam.
2. Something, or an amount, poured. [quotations ]
3. (colloquial) A stream, or something like a stream; especially a flood of precipitation.
A pour of rain. --Miss Ferrier.
Translations[edit]
[show ]a stream, or something like a stream; a flood
[show ]a flood of precipitation

Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
pour
1. Misspelling of pore.

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