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pour

See also: poür

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EnglishEdit

 
Ice tea poured into a glass

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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”)), ȝeoten, yetten (“to pour”) (from Old English ġēotan (“to pour”)), temen (“to pour out, empty”) (from Old Norse tœma (“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”)).

VerbEdit

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.
  3. (transitive) To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly.
    • A. Pope
      Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat?
  4. (intransitive) To flow, pass or issue in a stream; to fall continuously and abundantly.
    the rain poured down.
  5. (intransitive) Of a beverage, to be on tap or otherwise available for serving to customers.
  6. (intransitive) To move in a throng, as a crowd.
    • Gay
      In the rude throng pour on with furious pace.
    • 2011 January 8, Chris Bevan, “Arsenal 1-1 Leeds”, in BBC:
      In a breathless finish Arsenal poured forward looking for a winner but Leeds held out for a deserved replay after Bendtner wastefully fired wide and Schmeichel acrobatically kept out Denilson's rasping effort
    The people poured out of the theater.
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
Terms derived from pour (verb)
TranslationsEdit
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NounEdit

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.
    • 2003, John Brian Newman, B. S. Choo, Advanced concrete technology: Volume 2
      Over this time period, the first concrete pour has not only lost workability but has started to set so that it is no longer affected by the action of a vibrator.
  3. (colloquial) A stream, or something like a stream; especially a flood of precipitation.
    • 1831, Susan Ferrier, Destiny; or, the Chief's Daughter‎[1], page 84:
      Then, as if to give the lie to the offensive insinuation, he mounted his horse, and rode home ten miles in a pour of rain, without a great coat or umbrella.
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Etymology 2Edit

VerbEdit

pour

  1. Misspelling of pore.

AnagramsEdit

Alemannic GermanEdit

NounEdit

pour

  1. (Issime) farmer

ReferencesEdit

  • Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien.

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French por, from Latin pro.

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

pour

  1. for (when followed by a noun or pronoun)
    J'ai un cadeau pour toi.
    I've got a gift for you.
  2. to (when followed by a verb at the infinitive)
    Je veux chanter pour te faire revenir.
    I want to sing to make you come back.

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Further readingEdit

AnagramsEdit

Middle FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Old French por, pur.

PrepositionEdit

pour

  1. for (indicates an intended aim or recipient)
    • 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 41:
      Dieu le scet que ie ne le faisoye se non pour bien & pour Dieu & pour franchise avoir
      God knows that I did for good, for God and to have freedom

DescendantsEdit

NormanEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French por, from Latin pro.

PrepositionEdit

pour

  1. (Guernsey) for
  2. (Guernsey) in order to

RomanschEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • (peasant, farmer): pur (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter), paur (Vallader)
  • (pawn): pur (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader)

EtymologyEdit

Of Germanic origin, cognate with German Bauer, Dutch boer.

NounEdit

pour m (plural pours)

  1. (Surmiran) peasant, farmer
  2. (Surmiran, chess) pawn
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