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pour in

pour in verb: to flow or flood into something or somewhere.

Verb

pour in (third-person singular simple present pours in, present participle pouring in, simple past and past participle poured in)

  1. (intransitive) To flow or flood into something or somewhere.
    • The rain poured in and it filled it with water while we were inside.2012, Monty Hale, Anne Scrimgeour, Kurlumarniny: We Come from the Desert, →ISBN, page 17
  2. (figuratively, intransitive) To arrive in great amounts.
    • Letters of complaint came pouring in.
    • It will need the most exhilarating performance City have put together since the money started to pour in and the overwhelming evidence is that it looks wholly beyond them.2015 February 24, Daniel Taylor, “Luis Suárez strikes twice as Barcelona teach Manchester City a lesson”, in The Guardian (London)
  3. (transitive) To fill something with (a liquid) by pouring.
    • And it came to pass that some of them poured in bad wine, and some of them poured in vinegar, and some of them who were evilly disposed poured in urine; now they were wont to do this in the night during the season of harvest.2015, Budge, Alexander The Great, →ISBN, page 288

Forms of pour in

third-person singular presentpours in
present participlepouring in
past participlepoured in
pastpoured in

Questions about pour in

What does pour in mean?
Pour in means to flow or flood into something or somewhere.
What part of speech is pour in?
Pour in is a verb.
What is the past tense of pour in?
The past tense of pour in is poured in.

Words near pour in in the dictionary

  1. pour gasoline on the fire
  2. pour good money after bad
  3. pour honey in one's ear
  4. pour honey into one's ear
  5. pour honey on
  6. pour in
  7. pour into
  8. pour oil on troubled waters
  9. pour one out
  10. pour one's heart out
  11. pour one's soul out

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