What are some opposite words for pour?
Antonyms for pour
pɔr, poʊrpour
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term pour.
Princeton's WordNet
pourverb
cause to run
"pour water over the floor"
Synonyms:
pelt, pour out, decant, pullulate, rain buckets, swarm, teem, rain cats and dogs, streampour, swarm, stream, teem, pullulateverb
move in large numbers
"people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza"
Synonyms:
pelt, burgeon forth, bourgeon, teem, shoot, rain buckets, spud, stream, decant, pour out, germinate, sprout, swarm, rain cats and dogs, pullulate, well outdecant, pour, pour outverb
pour out
"the sommelier decanted the wines"
Synonyms:
pelt, teem, spill out, pour out, decant, pullulate, rain buckets, swarm, spill over, effuse, rain cats and dogs, streampourverb
flow in a spurt
"Water poured all over the floor"
Synonyms:
pelt, pour out, decant, pullulate, rain buckets, swarm, teem, rain cats and dogs, streampourverb
supply in large amounts or quantities
"We poured money into the education of our children"
Synonyms:
pelt, pour out, decant, pullulate, rain buckets, swarm, teem, rain cats and dogs, streampour, pelt, stream, rain cats and dogs, rain bucketsverb
rain heavily
"Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!"
Synonyms:
pelt, pour out, decant, pepper, bombard, pullulate, rain buckets, swarm, teem, well out, rain cats and dogs, stream
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
pourverb
Synonyms:
decant
Editors Contribution
slow down, stop
How to use pour in a sentence?
There have been too many occasions where faculty members had to abandon their beliefs and forfeit their academic freedom in order to keep their jobs. I'm concernedthat the more resources universities pour into this endeavor by only hiring facultywho are willing to tow the line, the less they will focus on developing highly skilled individuals who can easily enter the workforce at top levels.
Even if you could pour money and resources into properly staffing these facilities and giving them programming.
Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco:
Our hearts and prayers pour out to the family and friends of Kathleen Moore. I know you were all searching for a better resolution, and we all were, but unfortunately, this is what we have.
The champions of liberty have the medal for any necklace. (Les champions de la liberte - Ont la medaille pour tout collier)
The Martin Act is a nearly empty vessel into which the AG can pour virtually any content that he wants.
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