Word

pour, v.
(poured, pouring, pours)
freq. cnt. 30

cause to run
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 12

pour

sample sentences

"pour water over the floor"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
The women %s water into the bowl

lexical pointers

also see

pour down

semantic pointers

hyponym

shed, pour forth, spill dribble, drip, drop transfuse pour out, effuse pour, pour out, decant

hypernym

move, displace

cause

flow, run, feed, course

move in large numbers
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2

pour pullulate stream swarm teem

sample sentences

"people were pouring out of the theater"
"beggars pullulated in the plaza"

verb frames

Somebody ----s PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s PP
The crowds %s in the streets

verb frames

Somebody ----s PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s PP

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

swarm

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

stream

semantic pointers

hypernym

crowd, crowd together

hyponym

spill out, pour out, spill over

pour out
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 1

decant pour pour out

sample sentences

"the sommelier decanted the wines"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

decantation decanter

semantic pointers

hypernym

pour

flow in a spurt
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4

pour

sample sentences

"Water poured all over the floor"

verb frames

Something is ----ing PP
Water and oil %s into the bowl

semantic pointers

hypernym

flow, run, feed, course

hyponym

gush, spout, spurt, spirt regurgitate

supply in large amounts or quantities
<verb.possession> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

pour

sample sentences

"We poured money into the education of our children"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something PP

semantic pointers

hypernym

provide, supply, furnish, render

rain heavily
<verb.weather>

pelt pour rain buckets rain cats and dogs stream