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poured down

poured down is the simple past and past participle of pour down.

Meaning of pour down

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To rain heavily.
    • Episode 12, The Cyclops
      A torrential rain poured down from the floodgates of the angry heavens upon the bared heads of the assembled multitude which numbered at the lowest computation five hundred thousand persons.

Questions about poured down

What is poured down the simple past and past participle of?
Poured down is the simple past and past participle of pour down.

Words near poured down in the dictionary

  1. pourdown
  2. pourdowns
  3. poured
  4. poured cats and dogs
  5. poured cold water on
  6. poured down
  7. poured down the drain
  8. poured forth
  9. poured fuel on the fire
  10. poured gasoline on the fire
  11. poured good money after bad

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