pour out
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Definition
Verb (transitive):
- To cause (a liquid or a substance that flows like a liquid) to flow out of a container: To empty the contents of something by tipping or decanting.
- To express (thoughts, feelings, or information) freely and fully: To reveal or communicate one's emotions or thoughts without restraint or inhibition.
Verb (intransitive):
- To flow out or emerge in a steady stream: To exit or be discharged from a place or container in large quantities.
Usage and Examples
- Verb (transitive - liquid):
- She carefully poured out a glass of water for the guest.
- He poured out the old milk from the carton.
- Verb (transitive - emotions/thoughts):
- Feeling overwhelmed, she poured out her heart to her best friend.
- In his letter, he poured out his feelings of loneliness and hope.
- Verb (intransitive - flow out):
- When the doors opened, the crowd poured out of the stadium.
- Light poured out from the windows of the house.
Advanced Usage
- "To pour out one's soul/heart": To confess one's deepest and most private feelings or troubles to someone.
- Over tea, she finally poured out her soul about the difficulties she was facing.
- Used figuratively for non-physical things: Often used with words like .
- The community poured out its support for the affected family.
- He poured out a steady stream of ideas during the meeting.
Variants and Related Words
- Pour (verb): The base form, meaning to make a liquid flow from a container. (e.g., )
- Outpouring (noun): A strong and sudden expression of emotion, or a large amount of something produced at once. (e.g., )
- Effuse (verb, formal): To pour out or to express feelings freely. (e.g., )
- Decant (verb): To pour (a liquid, especially wine) from one container into another, typically to separate it from sediment.
Synonyms
- Empty (out): To remove all the contents from a container.
- Discharge: To allow or cause to flow out.
- Emit: To produce and discharge (something, especially gas or radiation).
- Reveal: To make (previously unknown or secret information) known to others.
- Confess: To admit or acknowledge something, typically a fault or wrongdoing.
- Vent: To give free expression to (a strong emotion).
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Pour forth (literary/formal): Similar to "pour out," meaning to emerge or be expressed in a continuous flow.
- Music poured forth from the open windows.
- Spill out: To flow or fall out of a container, often accidentally; also used for people exiting a place in large numbers or emotions being expressed.
- The beans spilled out onto the floor. / His anger finally spilled out.
Related Idioms
- Pour cold water on something: To criticize or discourage an idea or plan.
- He's always pouring cold water on my suggestions.(Note: This idiom uses the base verb "pour," not the phrasal verb "pour out.")
Verb
- pour out
- effused brine
- be disgorged
- The crowds spilled out into the streets
- pour out
- the sommelier decanted the wines
- express without restraint
- The woman poured out her frustrations as the judge listened