'Pouring' definitions:
Definition of 'pouring'
From: WordNet
adjective
Flowing profusely; "a gushing hydrant"; "pouring flood waters" [syn: gushing, pouring]
Definition of 'Pouring'
From: GCIDE
- Pour \Pour\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Poured; p. pr. & vb. n. Pouring.] [OE. pouren, of uncertain origin; cf. W. bwrw to cast, throw, shed, bwrw gwlaw to rain.]
- 1. To cause to flow in a stream, as a liquid or anything flowing like a liquid, either out of a vessel or into it; as, to pour water from a pail; to pour wine into a decanter; to pour oil upon the waters; to pour out sand or dust. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To send forth as in a stream or a flood; to emit; to let escape freely or wholly. [1913 Webster]
- I . . . have poured out my soul before the Lord. --1 Sam. i. 15. [1913 Webster]
- Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee. --Ezek. vii. 8. [1913 Webster]
- London doth pour out her citizens ! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Wherefore did Nature pour her bounties forth With such a full and unwithdrawing hand ? --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly. [1913 Webster]
- Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat ? --Pope. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'pouring'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affluent,
- blinding,
- cat-and-doggish,
- confluent,
- coursing,
- decurrent,
- defluent,
- diffluent,
- drippy,
- driving,
- drizzling,
- drizzly,
- drumming,
- flowing,
- fluent,
- fluxional,
- fluxive,
- gulfy,
- gushing,
- mazy,
- meandering,
- misty,
- misty-moisty,
- mizzly,
- pelting,
- pluvial,
- pluviose,
- pluvious,
- profluent,
- racing,
- rainy,
- running,
- rushing,
- serpentine,
- showery,
- sluggish,
- streaming,
- surging,
- surgy,
- tidal,
- vortical