POUR OUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pour out mean? 

• POUR OUT (verb)
  The verb POUR OUT has 4 senses:

1. express without restraint

2. pour out

3. be disgorged

4. pour out

  Familiarity information: POUR OUT used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POUR OUT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Express without restraint

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

The woman poured out her frustrations as the judge listened

Hypernyms (to "pour out" is one way to...):

express; give tongue to; utter; verbalise; verbalize (articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Pour out

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

decant; pour; pour out

Context example:

the sommelier decanted the wines

Hypernyms (to "pour out" is one way to...):

pour (cause to run)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 3

Meaning:

Be disgorged

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

pour out; spill out; spill over

Context example:

The crowds spilled out into the streets

Hypernyms (to "pour out" is one way to...):

pour; pullulate; stream; swarm; teem (move in large numbers)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Sense 4

Meaning:

Pour out

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

effuse; pour out

Context example:

effused brine

Hypernyms (to "pour out" is one way to...):

pour (cause to run)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

He would devote himself to work, good work, and he would pour out the best that was in him.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

In her turn, Helen Burns asked me to explain, and I proceeded forthwith to pour out, in my own way, the tale of my sufferings and resentments.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)