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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>POUR</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="pour"> pour, verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. 1. to cause to flow in a steady stream. Ex. to pour milk from a bottle, to pour coal on a fire, to pour shells into the enemy trenches, to pour money into undeveloped areas. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) to make known freely or without reserve. Ex. The melancholy poet poured forth his sorrow in a song. I could pour out to her all my little worries (Samuel Butler). <DD>v.i. 1. to flow in a steady stream. Ex. The rain poured down. The cold blasts poured down from the mountains (James Fenimore Cooper). (Figurative.) The crowd poured out of the church. <DD> 2. to rain heavily. Ex. It's pouring. <DD>noun 1. the act of pouring. (SYN) outpouring, effluence. <DD> 2. a heavy rain; downpour. <DD> 3. the amount of molten metal poured at a time. <DD> 4. (Scottish.) a great quantity. expr. pour it on, (U.S. Informal.) <DD> a. to do or express something with great vigor and enthusiasm, especially in advancing one's interest, using persuasion, or the like. Ex. The salesman poured it on so well that the customers believed they really wanted to buy. On his first night in Manhattan he went before the United Nations General Assembly and poured it on--5,500 words (Time). <DD> b. to keep increasing one's score or advantage in a game, even when victory is no longer at issue. Ex. Our team was leading 60-0, but the crowd kept yelling, "Pour it on!" adj. pourable. noun pourer. adv. pouringly. </DL> <A NAME="pouracquit"> pour acquit,<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) <DD> 1. received payment. <DD> 2. (literally) for receipt. </DL> <A NAME="pourboire"> pourboire, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) <DD> 1. a small present of money; tip; gratuity. <DD> 2. (literally) (money) for drinking. </DL> <A NAME="pourlemerite"> pour le merite,<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) for merit. </DL> <A NAME="pourlesport"> pour le sport,<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) for sport. Ex. ... all beautifully dressed pour le sport (Harper's). </DL> <A NAME="pourparler"> pourparler, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an informal conference; preliminary discussion. Ex. ... the end of the opening pourparlers between the French and Algerian diplomats (New Yorker). </DL> <A NAME="pourpoint"> pourpoint, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a stuffed and quilted doublet worn by men in the 1300's and 1400's. </DL> <A NAME="pourpoint"> pour point,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Chemistry.) the lowest temperature at which engine oil or some other substance will flow under test conditions. </DL> <A NAME="poussecafe"> pousse-cafe, noun, pl. -fes.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a small glass of liqueur served with or after coffee. <DD> 2. (U.S.) a small glass of various liqueurs arranged in layers. </DL> <A NAME="poussepousse"> pousse-pousse, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) a jinrikisha. </DL> <A NAME="poussette"> poussette, noun, verb, -setted, -setting.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun a dancing round and round with hands joined, as of a couple in a country-dance. <DD>v.i. to dance in this way. Ex. The turf-cutter seized old Olly Dowden, and ... poussetted with her (Thomas Hardy). </DL> <A NAME="pousto"> pou sto,<DL COMPACT><DD> a place to stand on; basis of operations. Ex. She ... Who learns the one pou sto whence after-hands May move the world (Tennyson). </DL> <A NAME="pout"> pout (1), verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.i. 1. to thrust or push out the lips, as a displeased or sulky child does. Ex. Her whole face looked silly as she stood there pouting. <DD> 2. to show displeasure. <DD> 3. to swell out; protrude. <DD>v.t. 1. to push out or protrude, especially the lips. <DD> 2. to say with a pout. Ex. "That's the reason," pouted Louisa (Dickens). <DD>noun 1. the act of pushing out of the lips when one is displeased or sulky. Ex. A pout makes a person look very silly. <DD> 2. a fit of sullenness. Ex. There ensued a puerile tussle that put me in a precious pout, that I should be kept waiting by such things (George W. Cable). expr. in the pouts, in a pouting mood; sulky. Ex. Panurge somewhat vexed Friar John, and put him in the pouts (Peter A. Motteux). </DL> <A NAME="pout"> pout (2), noun, pl. pouts or (collectively) pout.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. any one of various freshwater catfishes, such as the hornpout. <DD> 2. =eelpout. </DL> <A NAME="pouter"> pouter, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a person who pouts. <DD> 2. one of a breed of domestic pigeons that puff out their crops. </DL> <A NAME="pouty"> pouty, adjective, poutier, poutiest.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) inclined to pout; sulky. </DL> <A NAME="povera"> povera, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with a form of art that regards the artistic idea or process as more important than the finished product. </DL> <A NAME="poverty"> poverty, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the condition of being poor. Ex. Being out of work usually causes poverty. <DD> 2. lack of what is needed; poor quality. Ex. The poverty of the soil makes the crops small. (SYN) deficiency. <DD> 3. (Figurative.) a small amount; fewness. Ex. A dull person's talk shows poverty of ideas. </DL> <A NAME="povertyline"> poverty line,<DL COMPACT><DD> a minimum income, the standard of adequate subsistence, below which a person or family is classified as living in poverty. </DL> <A NAME="povertystricken"> poverty-stricken, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> extremely poor. Ex. The poverty-stricken exiles contributed far more, in proportion ... than the wealthy merchants (John L. Motley). (SYN) indigent, destitute, penniless. </DL> <A NAME="pow"> pow (1), noun, interjection.<DL COMPACT><DD> a sudden explosive sound; bang. Ex. I heard a "pow" over my head (Jim Bentley). Pow! ... flashbulbs popped (Time). </DL> <A NAME="pow"> pow (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish.) poll; a head. </DL> <A NAME="pow"> POW (no periods) or P.O.W.,<DL COMPACT><DD> prisoner of war. </DL> <A NAME="powder"> powder, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a solid reduced to dust by pounding, crushing, or grinding. <DD> 2. some special kind of powder. Ex. face powder, talcum powder. The doctor gave her powders to take as a medicine. <DD> 3. gunpowder or any similar explosive. Ex. Soldiers used to carry their powder in a powder horn. <DD>v.t. 1. to make into powder; pulverize. <DD> 2. to sprinkle or cover with powder. <DD> 3. to put powder on. Ex. to powder one's nose. <DD> 4. to sprinkle. Ex. The ground was lightly powdered with snow. <DD>v.i. 1. to become powder. Ex. The soil powdered in the heat. <DD> 2. to use powder as a cosmetic. Ex. She saw herself going down the years, powdering a little more, painting a little more (John Galsworthy). <DD> 3. (British Informal.) to rush; hurry. expr. take a powder, (U.S. Slang.) to go or run away; disappear; vanish. Ex. When the police arrived, the burglars took a powder over the back fence. noun powderer. adj. powderless. </DL> <A NAME="powderblue"> powder blue,<DL COMPACT><DD> a light blue. adj. powder-blue. </DL> <A NAME="powderchest"> powder chest,<DL COMPACT><DD> a chest for holding gunpowder. </DL> <A NAME="powderdown"> powder down,<DL COMPACT><DD> downy feathers that grow indefinitely and continually crumble at their ends into a kind of powder. They are found especially in the herons. </DL> <A NAME="powderedmilk"> powdered milk, =dried milk.</DL> <A NAME="powderedsugar"> powdered sugar,<DL COMPACT><DD> a sugar produced by grinding granulated sugar. Ex. Confectioners' sugar is very fine powdered sugar. </DL> <A NAME="powderflask"> powder flask,<DL COMPACT><DD> a flask or case of horn, metal, or leather for carrying gunpowder. </DL> <A NAME="powderhorn"> powder horn,<DL COMPACT><DD> a flask made of the horn of an animal, used to carry gunpowder. </DL> <A NAME="powderkeg"> powder keg,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a small barrel for storing gun powder. Ex. When their powder kegs were empty, they surrendered (Atlantic). <DD> 2. (Figurative.) something that threatens to explode suddenly or without warning. Ex. It is part of the whole development which makes the Middle East the powder keg that it is today (Atlantic). </DL> <A NAME="powdermagazine"> powder magazine,<DL COMPACT><DD> a place where gunpowder is stored. </DL> <A NAME="powdermetallurgy"> powder metallurgy,<DL COMPACT><DD> the technique or process of making metallic articles by shaping and coalescing powdered metals and alloys under heat and pressure. </DL> <A NAME="powdermill"> powder mill,<DL COMPACT><DD> a mill for making gunpowder. </DL> <A NAME="powdermonkey"> powder monkey,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a boy formerly employed on warships or in a fort, to carry powder to the guns. <DD> 2. a person skilled in the use of dynamite and other explosives, especially as used in construction work. </DL> <A NAME="powderpuff"> powder puff,<DL COMPACT><DD> a soft puff or pad for applying powder to the skin. </DL> <A NAME="powderpuff"> powder-puff, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) soft; weak; feeble. Ex. Some critics sneered that he [a boxer] was a powder-puff puncher (Time). </DL> <A NAME="powderroom"> powder room,<DL COMPACT><DD> a lavatory, especially one for women, with a dressing table. </DL> <A NAME="powdery"> powdery, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. of powder. Ex. the powdery dust of flour. <DD> 2. like powder; in the form of powder; dusty. Ex. The snow was too dry and powdery to make good snowballs. (SYN) mealy. <DD> 3. easily made into powder. <DD> 4. sprinkled or covered with powder. Ex. a powdery wig. </DL> <A HREF="powderym.dic">NEXT</A>