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pours out

pours out is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 pours out

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

Words near pours out in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pours 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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