pour

Definitions

1. The act of pouring.
2. Something, or an amount, poured.
3. A downpour; a flood of precipitation.
   colloquial

Equivalents

Examples

“The bartender's inexpert pour⟳ left me with a pint of beer that was half foam.”

“Over this time period, the first concrete pour⟳ has not only lost workability but has started to set⟳ so that it is no longer affected by the action of a vibrator.”

“HS2 Ltd has completed the first base-slab concrete pour⟳ at the western end⟳ of Old Oak Common station.”

“Then, as if to give⟳ the lie⟳ to the offensive insinuation, he mounted his horse, and rode home ten miles in a pour⟳ of rain⟳, without a great coat or umbrella.”

“But then one of Mr. Knott's men would have⟳ had to put⟳ on his coat and hat and turn⟳ out, as likely as not in the pitch dark, and in torrents of rain⟳ in all probability, and grope his way in the dark in the pours of rain⟳, with the pot of food in his hand, a wretched and ridiculous figure⟳, to where the dog lay⟳.”

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