pour

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /pɔː/, SAMPA: /pO:/
• (US) SAMPA: /pO:r/

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• Homophones: pore, poor (some accents only)

Verb

Plain form pour

Third-person singular pours

Past tense poured

Past participle poured

Present participle pouring

1. If you pour something, you let it flow from one place to another.
2. If something pours, it flows fast from one place to another.
3. If the rain pours, it is raining hard (a lot of rain is coming down fast).

Noun

Singular pour

Plural pours

1. The act of pouring.

   Now that's a good pour of beer.