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Pour

verb

(past & past part. poured; pres. part. pouring)

Cause to run.

Move in large numbers. Synonyms: pullulate, stream, swarm, teem. "Beggars pullulated in the plaza"

Pour out. Synonyms: decant, pour out.

Flow in a spurt.

Supply in large amounts or quantities.

Rain heavily. Synonyms: pelt, rain buckets, rain cats and dogs, stream.

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... revision, number fully 250 members, and 188 is all that they need to prevent its accomplishment without a violation of the Constitution. They announce their determination to defend the Constitution at all hazards. Petitions pour in from all quarters in favor of a revision, and it is hoped that they will be sufficiently numerous to declare that the will of the nation is in favor of it; in which case the Assembly may take upon itself the responsibility of setting aside the letter of the Constitution, and appealing to the nation ...

— Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 • Various

... to confide to Daniel the amazing romance of his love? Or did he simply yield to the natural desire of all lovers, to pour out the exuberance of their feelings, and to talk of their love, even when they know that their indiscretion may be fatal ...

— The Clique of Gold • Emile Gaboriau

... diversity of nature, the colossal magnitude of all the forms of animal and vegetable life, the broad and massive features of the landscape, the aspects of beauty and of terror which surround him, and daily pour their silent influences upon his soul, give vividness, grotesqueness, even, to his imagination, and repress his active powers. His mental character bears a peculiar and obvious ...

— Christianity and Greek Philosophy • Benjamin Franklin Cocker

... kitchen in a fury while I cooked for myself. Why imagine! I prepared a dish of champignons: oh, most beautiful champignons, beautiful—and I put them on the stove to fry in butter: beautiful young champignons. I'm hanged if she didn't go into the kitchen while my back was turned, and pour a pint of old carrot-water into the pan. I was furious. ...

— The Lost Girl • D. H. Lawrence

... vengeance. The moment these worms appear, be on your guard, for they usually spread like fire in stubble. Procure of your druggist white hellebore, scald and mix a tablespoonful in a bowl of hot water, and then pour it in a full watering-can. This gives you an infusion of about a tablespoonful to an ordinary pail of water at its ordinary summer temperature. Sprinkle the infected bushes with this as often as there is a worm to be seen. I have never failed in destroying the pests by this course. ...

— The Home Acre • E. P. Roe

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