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pours in

pours in is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pour in.

Meaning of pour in

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To flow or flood into something or somewhere.
    • The rain poured in and it filled it with water while we were inside.2012, Monty Hale, Anne Scrimgeour, Kurlumarniny: We Come from the Desert, →ISBN, page 17
  2. (figuratively, intransitive) To arrive in great amounts.
    • Letters of complaint came pouring in.
  3. (transitive) To fill something with (a liquid) by pouring.
    • And it came to pass that some of them poured in bad wine, and some of them poured in vinegar, and some of them who were evilly disposed poured in urine; now they were wont to do this in the night during the season of harvest.2015, Budge, Alexander The Great, →ISBN, page 288

Questions about pours in

What is pours in the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Pours in is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pour in.

Words near pours in in the dictionary

  1. pours forth
  2. pours fuel on the fire
  3. pours gasoline on the fire
  4. pours good money after bad
  5. pours honey on
  6. pours in
  7. pours into
  8. pours oil on troubled waters
  9. pours one out
  10. pours one's heart out
  11. pours out

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