Image:Ice Tea.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Ice Tea poured into a glass
English

Pronunciation
(RP): pô, /p��/, /<tt>pO:</tt>/
US: pôr, /po�r/, /p��r/, /<tt>pO:r</tt>/
*rhymes:English:-��(r)|Rhymes: -��(r)

Homophones
poor (in some pronunciations)
pore

Noun
en-noun

1. rivers colloquial A stream, or something like a stream; a flood.

#:A pour of rain. --Miss Ferrier.

Translations
Dutch: stortbui f

Transitive verb
rfc-trverb|Transitive verb
en-verb

1. To cause to flow in a stream, as a liquid or anything flowing like a liquid, either out of a vessel or into it; as, 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. To send forth as in a stream or a flood; to emit; to let escape freely or wholly.

#:I . . . have poured out my soul before the Lord. --1 Sam. i. 15.
#:Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee. --Ezek. vii. 8.
#:London doth pour out her citizens ! --Shak.
#:Wherefore did Nature pour her bounties forth With such a full and unwithdrawing hand ? --Milton.

1. To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly.

#:Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat ? --Pope.

Translations

Arabic: Arab|س�ب IPAchar|(sákaba)
Chinese: � (dào)
Czech: lít
Dutch: gieten
Finnish: kaataa; (continuously/repeatedly) kaadella; (loudly) lorottaa
French: verser
German: gie�en
Hungarian: önteni
Italian: versare
mid
Japanese: 注� (���, sosogu)
Korean: 긷� (gitda), �� (butda), �� (puda)
Portuguese: despejar
Romanian: turna, v�rsa
Russian: ли�� (lit�) (1), излива��/изли�� (izlivát�/izlít�) (2)
Serbian: liti, sipati
Spanish: verter, escanciar
Swedish: hälla

Intransitive verb
en-verb

1. To flow, pass, or issue in a stream, or as a stream; to fall continuously and abundantly; as, the rain pours.

#:The people poured out of the theater.
#:In the rude throng pour on with furious pace. --Gay.

Translations
Dutch: stromen, gieten
Hungarian: ömlik, zuhog
Russian: ли���� (lít�s�a)

French

Pronunciation
w:IPA|IPA: /pur/

Preposition
pour

1. for

#: J'ai un cadeau pour toi.
#:: I've got a gift for you.

1. to

#: Je veux chanter pour te faire revenir.
#:: I want to sing to make you back.

Category:French prepositions
Category:Liquids

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• 2007-11-09 19:20 - Daniel Polansky - /* Translations */ +Czech

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