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pouring down

pouring down is the present participle and gerund 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 pouring down

What is pouring down the present participle and gerund of?
Pouring down is the present participle and gerund of pour down.

Words near pouring down in the dictionary

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

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