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How to pronounce pour
Say it like this: /poɹ/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does pour mean?
verbTo cause (liquid, or liquid-like substance) to flow in a stream, either out of a container or into it.
“pour water from a jug”
To send out as in a stream or a flood; to cause (an emotion) to come out; to cause to escape.
“My teacher poured scorn on my attempts at writing.”
To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly.
“Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat?”
nounThe act of pouring.
“The bartender's inexpert pour left me with a pint of beer that was half foam.”
Something, or an amount, poured.
“HS2 Ltd has completed the first base-slab concrete pour at the western end of Old Oak Common station.”
A downpour; a flood of precipitation.
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