pouredst

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To cause (liquid, or liquid-like substance) to flow in a stream, either out of a container or into it.
   • pour water from a jug
2. (figuratively, transitive) To send out as in a stream or a flood; to cause (an emotion) to come out; to cause to escape.
   • My teacher poured scorn on my attempts at writing.
3. (transitive) To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly.
   • Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat?1733, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Man. […], (please specify |epistle=I to IV), London: […] J[ohn] Wilford, […], →OCLC
4. (intransitive) To flow, pass, or issue in a stream; to fall continuously and abundantly.
   • the rain poured down.
5. (impersonal) To rain hard.
   • It's pouring outside.

   Synonyms:

   spate

6. (intransitive) Of a beverage, to be on tap or otherwise available for serving to customers.

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