pouring Definition

pour
verb poured, pouring

tr & intr
1. To flow or cause something to flow in a downward stream.

Thesaurus: flow, run, course, gush, flood, teem, stream, cascade, deluge, tumble, discharge, exude, emit, issue, effuse, drain, spill.
tr & intr
2. Said of a jug, teapot, etc: to discharge (liquid) in a certain way.

Example: doesn't pour very well
3. To serve (a drink, etc) by pouring.

Example: Pour me some tea
Form: pour something out (also)
intr
4. To rain heavily.
intr
5. To come or go in large numbers.

Form: pour in (usually)
Form: pour out
intr
6. To flow or issue plentifully.

Example: Donations poured in
Example: Words poured from her pen
Form: pour in (also)
Form: pour out

Derivative: pourer
noun

Idiom: it never rains but it pours

Things, especially pieces of bad luck, etc, seldom come along unaccompanied by others
Example: got the phone bill yesterday and now the gas bill ― it never rains but it pours.

Idiom: pour cold water on something

To be discouraging or deprecatory about (an idea, scheme, etc).

Idiom: pour scorn on something

To be contemptuous about it.

Etymology: 14c.

Phrasal Verb: pour something into something

To invest eg money, energy, etc liberally into it.
Example: poured all his savings into the company
To squeeze oneself or someone into (an item of clothing which fits very tightly).

Phrasal Verb: pour something out

To reveal without inhibition.
Example: poured out her feelings