Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of pour
nounpouring (plural pourings)
plural pourings
- The act by which something is poured.
Liberal pourings of rum and Cokes helped lubricate the festivities.
2008 March 2, Tanzina Vega, “A Taste of Colombia Rolls Through New York’s Streets”, in New York Times
adjectivepouring (comparative more pouring, superlative most pouring)
comparative more pouring · superlative most pouring
- Flowing or falling intensely.
pouring rain
1 more example
Steps away from where the Koningsdam docked, we hopped onto another much smaller vessel in the pouring rain, in search of whales and other wildlife.
2018 March 13, Chaya Milchtein, “We fell for Alaska. Then we fell again”, in Salon
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with pouring
All rhymes →Sounds the same
poringpawing (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger, intrusive R)poringpawing (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger, intrusive R)poringpawing (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger, intrusive R)
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APA
pouring. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pouring
MLA
“pouring.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pouring. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pouring,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pouring.
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