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pouring out

pouring out is the present participle and gerund of pour out.

Meaning of 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.

Questions about pouring out

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

Words near pouring out in the dictionary

  1. pouring in
  2. pouring into
  3. pouring oil on troubled waters
  4. pouring one out
  5. pouring one's heart out
  6. pouring out
  7. pouring out one's heart
  8. pouring over
  9. pouring with rain
  10. pouringly
  11. pourings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pouring out (page history and authors); pour out (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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