POURING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pouring mean? 

• POURING (adjective)
  The adjective POURING has 1 sense:

1. flowing profusely

  Familiarity information: POURING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POURING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Flowing profusely

Synonyms:

gushing; pouring

Context example:

pouring flood waters

Similar:

running ((of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream)

 Context examples 

Issue associated with unintentional pouring out or releasing of chemical substances.

(Chemical Spillage Medical Device Problem, Food and Drug Administration)

The pouring forth of a fluid.

(Fluid Discharge, NCI Thesaurus)

He’s been pouring it down like water ever since he drove in at six o’clock, so it’s no wonder he’s like that.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“It has been pouring rain and blowing a hurricane ever since,” said he.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I glanced down at my hand, which was throbbing painfully, and then, for the first time, saw that my thumb had been cut off and that the blood was pouring from my wound.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

For some time he lay without movement, the genial sunshine pouring upon him and saturating his miserable body with its warmth.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

You may realize that you need advice how to manage the generous income that will soon be pouring into your bank account.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

If that signal is disrupted or blocked, the liver continues to make more sugar, pouring it into the bloodstream.

(When Liver Immune Cells Turn Bad, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A process that forms a solid dosage unit by pouring or casting a melted agent into a prefabricated form.

(Molded Formulation Process, NCI Thesaurus)

A dense volume of smoke was pouring out of the steerage companion-way.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)