pouring
/'pɔ:riɳ/
Definition
Adjective 1. Flowing or falling rapidly and in large quantity: Describes a substance, typically a liquid, moving or descending with great force and volume. 2. Characterized by heavy, continuous flow: Often used to describe rain or other liquids that are coming down or out intensely and without interruption.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The pouring rain forced us to cancel the picnic. (The heavy, continuous rain made us cancel the picnic.)
- She served the tea from a pouring kettle. (She served the tea from a kettle that was flowing out steadily.)
- We waited under the awning during the pouring storm. (We waited under the awning during the storm with intensely falling rain.)
Advanced Usage
- "pouring down": An emphatic phrase often used with rain.
- It's pouring down outside, so take an umbrella. (It is raining very heavily outside.)
- "pouring with rain": A common collocation describing heavy rainfall.
- By the time we left, it was pouring with rain. (When we departed, it was raining heavily.)
Variants and Related Words
- Pour (verb): To cause a liquid to flow from a container in a steady stream.
- Please pour the milk into the glass.
- Pourer (noun): A device or person that pours.
- She used a wine pourer to avoid spills.
Synonyms
- Torrential: Referring to rain that falls very rapidly and heavily.
- Sheeting: Falling in a continuous, broad sheet (often for rain).
- Gushing: Flowing out suddenly and forcefully in a large stream.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Pour down: To rain very heavily.
- It started to pour down just as we began our hike.
- Pour out: To express emotions freely or to serve a drink.
- He poured out his heart to his best friend. (He expressed his feelings openly.)
- She poured out a cup of coffee for the guest. (She served a cup of coffee.)
Related Idioms
- It never rains but it pours: Used to say that when one bad thing happens, other bad things often happen at the same time.
- First my car broke down, and then I lost my keys—it never rains but it pours!
- Pour cold water on something: To criticize an idea or plan so that people lose their enthusiasm for it.
- He poured cold water on our proposal to start a new club.
Adjective
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flowing profusely
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a gushing hydrant
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pouring flood waters
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