Meaning of pour | Babel Free
pɔːDefinitions
- The act of pouring.
- Something, or an amount, poured.
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A downpour; a flood of precipitation. colloquial
Equivalents
Беларуская
ліць
Català
abocar
Dansk
hælde
Ελληνικά
χύνω
Español
abocar
chisguetear
diluviar
echar
efundir
escanciar
infundir
poner
servir
transvasar
trasegar
trasvasar
venenciar
verter
Eesti
valama
فارسی
ریختن
Gaeilge
doirt
हिन्दी
बहना
Íslenska
hella
ខ្មែរ
ចាក់
Кыргызча
куйуу
Latina
fundō
Latviešu
liet
मराठी
ओतणे
မြန်မာဘာသာ
လောင်း
Nederlands
geut
gieten
gutsen
pouren
schenken
stortbui
stortvloed
straal
stromen
stroom
uitbraken
uitstorten
Norsk
Helle
Română
turna
Kiswahili
mwaga
தமிழ்
ஊற்று
ไทย
เท
Türkçe
dökmek
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.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
See also
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