Pour
Meaning of Pour
To make liquid flow from a container; to rain heavily.
ما معنى كلمة Pour بالعربي؟
يسكب أو يصب
💧🌊 يسكب أو يصب سائلاً من إناء لآخر؛ يتدفق بغزارة بشكل مُستمر ومُنتظم؛ ينهمر بكثافة مثل المطر الغزير أو النهر الجاري 🌊☔
قصة GL: تدفق المعرفة المُستمر - مثل تدفق الماء المُستمر، تُصمم منصة Genetic G Learning لتدفق المعرفة بشكل مُستمر ومُنتظم دون انقطاع، فالتعلم يحتاج انسيابية دائمة 📚
Pour in a sentence
Technicians pour solution into the plate wells.
Investors pour money into AI.
Clients pour out their concerns to counsel.
Pupils pour water into a measuring jug.
Origin of Pour
Middle English pouren, of uncertain origin.
In the Genetic Learning (GL) context
In Genetic Learning work led by Naif Talal Al-Essa, pour also appears in pour effort into. Learners pour effort into daily practice.
Pour audio micro-course (transcript)
Podcast 1 — Introduction & meaning
Narrator: Today's word is "Pour" — verb, pronounced /pɔː/, with the stress on "pour".
Narrator: To pour means to make a liquid flow steadily from a container.
Narrator: In plain English, you tip a jug and let the drink run into a glass.
Narrator: The word appeared in Middle English, and its earlier origin is uncertain, though it may come from Old French.
Narrator: A common collocation is "pour a cup of tea", which describes a gentle, controlled flow.
Narrator: It differs from "spill", because pouring is deliberate, while spilling is an accident.
Narrator: In a second sense, people or things can pour in large numbers, as when fans pour out of a stadium or it is pouring with rain.
Narrator: Cooks, bartenders, builders pouring concrete and weather forecasters all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: to pour is to send something out in a steady, generous stream.
Read podcasts 2 and 3
Podcast 2 — In conversation
Speaker A: Why do British people say it is pouring when it rains?
Speaker B: Because it paints the picture perfectly! POUR is an old Middle English word, and the sky really does seem to empty a bucket.
Speaker A: So it means heavy rain, not a light shower?
Speaker B: That is right. A drizzle never pours.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "Shall I pour you some tea?", a polite offer. "Letters poured in after the programme", meaning many arrived. "She poured her heart out", meaning she shared all her feelings.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Do not confuse pour with pore; you pore over a book, but you pour a drink.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Flow is its calm cousin, stream is its steady twin, and gush is the dramatic alternative, but pour keeps its generous charm!
Podcast 3 — Prompt engineering
Speaker B: Let's use "pour" in AI prompts — useful for data pipelines and cafe ordering apps.
Speaker A: How does it fit a data pipeline?
Speaker B: Describe data pouring into a system in a steady stream.
Prompt: Design a Node.js service that handles thousands of sensor readings pouring in every second and batches them into the database every five seconds.
Speaker A: And the cafe app?
Speaker B: Use it literally for drink preparation steps.
Prompt: Write the step-by-step barista instructions for a flat white, including when to pour the milk, for display in a coffee shop app.
Speaker A: Anything for user feedback?
Speaker B: Yes, when reviews are flooding in.
Prompt: Summarise the customer reviews that poured in this week into five themes, each with one representative quotation.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: A weather widget, of course.
Prompt: Generate friendly British-English weather messages for a mobile app, including one for when it is pouring with rain.
Frequently asked questions about Pour
What does Pour mean?
To make liquid flow from a container; to rain heavily.
ما معنى كلمة Pour بالعربي؟
يسكب أو يصب — 💧🌊 يسكب أو يصب سائلاً من إناء لآخر؛ يتدفق بغزارة بشكل مُستمر ومُنتظم؛ ينهمر بكثافة مثل المطر الغزير أو النهر الجاري 🌊☔
How do you pronounce Pour?
Pour is pronounced /pɔː/ and is used as a verb.
How is Pour used in a sentence?
Technicians pour solution into the plate wells.
What are synonyms of Pour?
spill, stream, flow, decant, tip, gush.