pour out
English
[edit]Verb
[edit]pour out (third-person singular simple present pours out, present participle pouring out, simple past and past participle poured out)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pour, out.
- (transitive) To serve a drink into a cup or glass.
- I poured out three beers for my guests.
- (transitive) To distribute or spread (something), as if it were a liquid.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Chronicles 34:25b:
- […] therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched.
- (intransitive) To leave a place quickly, and in large numbers.
- Synonym: spill out
- The rats came pouring out of every possible opening in the burning warehouse.
- (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.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]distribute or spread (something), as if it were a liquid
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