Weather / B2

POR/pɔː/

To pour is to make a liquid flow from a container, or (of rain) to fall heavily: pour the filtrate; it is pouring. Tip is rougher; spill is accidental. Pour the filtrate into the flask. Mix-up: poor (already in the dictionary); pore (skin / study); paw. Do not write pour for “poor results”.

Meaning

To make a liquid flow from a container; also (of rain) to fall heavily.

Examples

• “Pour the filtrate into the flask, the practical says, not “tip it roughly”.”
• “It poured all afternoon, which is the rain sense on the fieldwork sheet.”

Good to know

pour + liquid; pour into / over; it is pouring. Trap: poor / pore. Sciences, geography, and cooking. Controlled flow, or heavy rain — not “bad”.

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