pouring Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb cause to run
   pour.
   
   • pour water over the floor
2. verb move in large numbers
   swarm; teem; stream; pour; pullulate.
   
   • people were pouring out of the theater
   • beggars pullulated in the plaza
3. verb pour out
   decant; pour; pour out.
   
   • the sommelier decanted the wines
4. verb flow in a spurt
   pour.
   
   • Water poured all over the floor
5. verb supply in large amounts or quantities
   pour.
   
   • We poured money into the education of our children
6. verb rain heavily
   rain cats and dogs; pelt; rain buckets; stream; pour.
   
   • Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!
7. adjective satellite flowing profusely
   gushing.
   
   • a gushing hydrant
   • pouring flood waters

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