pour
1. cause to run (Freq. 12)
- pour water over the floor
• See Also:
pour down
• Hypernyms:
move, displace
• Hyponyms:
spill, shed, pour forth, dribble, drip,
drop, transfuse, effuse, pour out, decant
• Cause:
run, flow, feed, course
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
- The women pour water into the bowl
2. move in large numbers (Freq. 7)
- people were pouring out of the theater
- beggars pullulated in the plaza
• Syn:
swarm, stream, teem, pullulate
• Derivationally related forms:
stream (for: stream), swarm (for: swarm)
• Hypernyms:
crowd, crowd together
• Hyponyms:
spill over, spill out, pour out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
3. pour out (Freq. 6)
- the sommelier decanted the wines
• Syn:
decant, pour out
• Derivationally related forms:
decanter (for: decant), decantation (for: decant)
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
4. flow in a spurt (Freq. 4)
- Water poured all over the floor
• Hypernyms:
run, flow, feed, course
• Hyponyms:
spurt, spirt, gush, spout, regurgitate
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
- Water and oil pour into the bowl
5. supply in large amounts or quantities (Freq. 1)
- We poured money into the education of our children
• Hypernyms:
supply, provide, render, furnish
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something PP
6. rain heavily
- Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!
• Syn:
pelt, stream, rain cats and dogs, rain buckets
• Derivationally related forms:
pelter (for: pelt)
• Hypernyms:
rain, rain down
• Hyponyms:
sheet, sluice, sluice down
• Verb Frames:
- It is ----ing
- It was pouring all day long
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