pour
verb
[ pɔː ]
• flow rapidly in a steady stream.
• "water poured off the roof"
Similar:
stream,
flow,
run,
gush,
cascade,
course,
spout,
jet,
spurt,
flood,
surge,
spill,
rush,
well,
spew,
discharge,
sloosh,
disembogue,
gush out,
spew out,
spurt out,
spout out,
erupt,
issue,
emerge,
come out,
come forth,
come,
• come or go in a steady stream and in large numbers.
• "people poured out of the train"
• (of rain) fall heavily.
• "the storm clouds gathered and the rain poured down"
Similar:
rain heavily/hard,
teem down,
pelt down,
tip down,
beat down,
lash down,
sheet down,
come down in torrents/sheets,
rain cats and dogs,
be chucking it down,
bucket down,
come down by the bucketful,
come down in stair rods,
tipple down,
rain pitchforks,
piss down,
Origin:
Middle English: of unknown origin.
