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pour · verb /pɔːr/Full view
pour (LIQUID)
B1 T to make a liquid flow from or into a container
Dictionary examples:

I poured the milk into the glasses.

Can I pour you a cup of coffee?

Learner example:

The look on his face stopped me cold, as if someone had just poured a freezing bucket [of water] down my back. (Preliminary English Test; B1; French)

pour (RAIN)
B1 I to rain a lot
Dictionary example:

We can't go out in this weather - it's pouring!

Learner example:

I real[l]y enjoy shopping, special[l]y in winter time whe[n] the rain is pouring down. (Preliminary English Test; B1; Arabic)

pour into/out/from, etc.
B2 to flow quickly and in large amounts
Dictionary example:

Blood was pouring from my leg.

Learner example:

He woke up and cleaned off the blood that poured from his injured eyebrow. (First Certificate in English; B2; Spanish)

pour into/out/from, etc.
C2 to enter or leave a place in large numbers
Dictionary example:

The crowd poured out into the street.

Learner example:

Those are the tourists, wh[o] pour out of the jumbo jet, wh[o] get gathered by a charming guide and wh[o] are driven to the next airconditioned luxury hotel. (Certificate of Proficiency in English; C2; German)

pour · phrasal verb /pɔːr/
pour sth out or pour out sth
B2 If you pour out your feelings or thoughts, you talk very honestly about what is making you sad.
Dictionary example:

She listened quietly while he poured out his troubles.

Learner example:

She let me pour out my feelings, a thing I did not do to anyone. (First Certificate in English; B2; Chinese)

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