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pour out

pour out verb: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pour, out.

Verb

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

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pour, out.
  2. (transitive) To serve a drink into a cup or glass.
    • I poured out three beers for my guests.
  3. (transitive) To distribute or spread (something), as if it were a liquid.
    • […] therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Chronicles 34:25b
  4. (intransitive) To leave a place quickly, and in large numbers.
    • The rats came pouring out of every possible opening in the burning warehouse.
    Synonyms:
    spill out
  5. (transitive) To talk volubly and deeply. Usually implies telling the truth.
    • She started crying, and she poured out the whole story, right from the beginning.

pour out meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Sanskrit and Assamese

pour out in Tamil

தட்டு, சொரி

pour out in Kannada

ಚಲ್ಲು, ಚಲುಕು, ಹೊರಚೆಲ್ಲು

pour out in Sanskrit

to pour out
छृद् chṛd
to pour out, discharge, emit, shed
सिच् sic, सिञ्चति siñcáti
to pour out; to scatter; to throw; to cast; to disperse; to strew
कॄ kṝ
to pour out, discharge, spout
उद्गॄ udgṝ

pour out in Assamese

to pour out
ঢাল dhal

Synonyms of pour out

Forms of pour out

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

Words formed from pour out

Questions about pour out

What does pour out mean?
Pour out means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pour, out.
What is pour out in Tamil?
Pour out in Tamil is தட்டு, சொரி. See Pour out meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pour out?
Pour out is a verb.
What is the past tense of pour out?
The past tense of pour out is poured out.

Words near pour out in the dictionary

  1. pour into
  2. pour oil on troubled waters
  3. pour one out
  4. pour one's heart out
  5. pour one's soul out
  6. pour out
  7. pour out one's heart
  8. pour out one's soul
  9. pour over
  10. pour with rain
  11. pour'd

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pour out (page history and authors); pour out (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pour out (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); उद्गॄ (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); ঢাল (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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