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pour
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- pronunciation:
- por
- features:
- Homophone Note, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
pours, pouring, poured |
| definition 1: |
When you pour something, you make it flow out of something in a stream. Often, we pour liquids like milk or juice, but we also pour dry things like salt or cereal.
Evan poured maple syrup onto his pancakes.I always think it's funny when my brother pours milk into his bowl before he pours in his cereal. I always do the opposite.
- similar words:
- release, spill
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| definition 2: |
When we say that it is pouring outside, we mean that it is raining hard.
It was pouring outside, so we had to cancel the soccer game.- synonyms:
- flood, storm
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| related words: |
burst, erupt, rain, storm, stream, well |
| derivations: |
pourable (adj.), pourer (n.) |
The words pour, poor, and pore sound alike but have different meanings.
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