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Verb pour has 6 senses

pour - cause to run; "pour water over the floor"
--₁ is one way to move, displace
Sample sentence:
The women pour water into the bowl
pour, swarm, stream, teem, pullulate - move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza"
--₂ is one way to crowd, crowd together
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
decant, pour, pour out - pour out; "the sommelier decanted the wines"
--₃ is one way to pour
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
pour - flow in a spurt; "Water poured all over the floor"
--₄ is one way to run, flow, feed, course
Sample sentence:
Water and oil pour into the bowl
pour - supply in large amounts or quantities; "We poured money into the education of our children"
--₅ is one way to supply, provide, render, furnish
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something PP
pour, pelt, stream, rain cats and dogs, rain buckets - rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!"
--₆ is one way to rain, rain down
Sample sentence:
It was pouring all day long