pour – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of pour

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to pour
Participle: poured
Gerund: pouring

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ipour
youpour
he;she;itpours
wepour
youpour
theypour

Perfect

Ihave poured
youhave poured
he;she;ithas poured
wehave poured
youhave poured
theyhave poured

Past

Ipoured
youpoured
he;she;itpoured
wepoured
youpoured
theypoured

Pluperfect

Ihad poured
youhad poured
he;she;ithad poured
wehad poured
youhad poured
theyhad poured

Future

Iwill pour
youwill pour
he;she;itwill pour
wewill pour
youwill pour
theywill pour

Future Perfect

Iwill have poured
youwill have poured
he;she;itwill have poured
wewill have poured
youwill have poured
theywill have poured

Subjunctive

Present

Ipour
youpour
he;she;itpour
wepour
youpour
theypour

Perfect

Ihave poured
youhave poured
he;she;ithave poured
wehave poured
youhave poured
theyhave poured

Imperfect

Ipoured
youpoured
he;she;itpoured
wepoured
youpoured
theypoured

Pluperfect

Ihad poured
youhad poured
he;she;ithad poured
wehad poured
youhad poured
theyhad poured

Conditional

Present

Iwould pour
youwould pour
he;she;itwould pour
wewould pour
youwould pour
theywould pour

Perfect

Iwould have poured
youwould have poured
he;she;itwould have poured
wewould have poured
youwould have poured
theywould have poured

Imperative

youpour
weLet's pour
youpour

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam pouring
youare pouring
he;she;itis pouring
weare pouring
youare pouring
theyare pouring

Perfect

Ihave been pouring
youhave been pouring
he;she;ithas been pouring
wehave been pouring
youhave been pouring
theyhave been pouring

Past

Iwas pouring
youwere pouring
he;she;itwas pouring
wewere pouring
youwere pouring
theywere pouring

Pluperfect

Ihad been pouring
youhad been pouring
he;she;ithad been pouring
wehad been pouring
youhad been pouring
theyhad been pouring

Future

Iwill be pouring
youwill be pouring
he;she;itwill be pouring
wewill be pouring
youwill be pouring
theywill be pouring

Future Perfect

Iwill have been pouring
youwill have been pouring
he;she;itwill have been pouring
wewill have been pouring
youwill have been pouring
theywill have been pouring

Conditional

Present

Iwould be pouring
youwould be pouring
he;she;itwould be pouring
wewould be pouring
youwould be pouring
theywould be pouring

Perfect

Iwould have been pouring
youwould have been pouring
he;she;itwould have been pouring
wewould have been pouring
youwould have been pouring
theywould have been pouring

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'pour'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'pour'

lour, pouf, poup, pout, pur, sour, tour, blur, boun, bourd,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

flow
stream, drain, discharge, emit, issue, gush, fill, course
rain
drizzle, stream, drench, flood, disgorge

Antonyms

flow
halt, stop, cease, fail

Additional Information

Etymology

1. c.1300, perhaps from O.Fr. (Flanders dialect) purer "to sift (grain), pour out (water)," from L. purare "to purify," from purus "pure." Replaced O.E. geotan.
2. From Middle English pouren (“to pour”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old Northern French purer (“to sift (grain), pour out (water)”), from Latin pūrō (“to purify”), from pūrus (“pure”). Compare Middle Dutch afpuren (“to pour off, drain”).
3. To pour displaced several Middle English verbs:
4. * schenchen, schenken (“to pour”), from Old English sċenċan (“to pour out”) and Old Norse skenkja, from Proto-Germanic *skankijaną. Compare dialectal English shink, skink.
5. * yeten, from Old English ġēotan (“to pour”), from Proto-Germanic *geutaną.
6. * birlen (“to pour, serve drink to”), from Old English byrelian (“to pour, serve drink to”).
7. * hellen (“to pour, pour out”), from Old Norse hella (“to pour out, incline”).
8. * temen (“to pour out, empty”), from Old Norse tœma (“to pour out, empty”). Compare archaic English teem. See: Latin 'pūrō'.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] jocularly; “ and, then, I 'm ready to do anything in reason to ’ blige friends; but this yer, you see, is a leetle too hard on a fellow—a leetle too hard. ” The trader sighed contemplatively, and poured out some more brandy. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ Lord bless us, Mas’r, ” said Sam, in a tone of the deepest concern, “ and me that has been racin ’ and chasin ’ till the sweat jest pours off me ! ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] on her shoulder, and was soon asleep. How the touch of those warm arms, the gentle breathings that came in her neck, seemed to add fire and spirit to her movements ! It seemed to her as if strength poured into her in electric streams, from every gentle touch and movement of the sleeping, confiding child. Sublime is the dominion of the mind over the body, that, for a time, can make flesh and nerve [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] was eager to bore into the nature of things in general; his sleek, thin, black hair was stuck eagerly forward, and all his motions and evolutions expressed a dry, cautious acuteness. The great man poured out a big tumbler half full of raw spirits, and gulped it down without a word. The little man stood tiptoe, and putting his head first to one side and then the other, and snuffing considerately in [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] and then the other, and snuffing considerately in the directions of the various bottles, ordered at last a mint julep, in a thin and quivering voice, and with an air of great circumspection. When poured out, he took it and looked at it with a sharp, complacent air, like a man who thinks he has done about the right thing, and hit the nail on the head, and proceeded to dispose of it in short and [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] you may see through these windows, pretty full. Hark! to the clinking sound of hammers breaking lumps of ice, and to the cool gurgling of the pounded bits, as, in the process of mixing, they are poured from glass to glass ! No amusements? What are these suckers of cigars and swallowers of strong drinks, whose hats and legs we see in every possible variety of twist, doing, but amusing themselves [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • Philadelphia is most bountifully provided with fresh water, which is showered and jerked about, and turned on, and poured off, everywhere. The Waterworks, which are on a height near the city, are no less ornamental than useful, being tastefully laid out as a public garden, and kept in the best and neatest order. The [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] and honest impulse round the man of quiet pursuits: proud in his promotion as reflecting back upon their country: and grateful to him with their whole hearts for the store of graceful fancies he had poured out among them. Long may he dispense such treasures with unsparing hand; and long may they remember him as worthily! (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] at a time. The hour striking while I was there, some twenty sang a hymn in parts, and sang it by no means ill; pursuing their work meanwhile. A bell rang as I was about to leave, and they all poured forth into a building on the opposite side of the street to dinner. I said several times that I should like to see them at their meal; but as the gentleman to whom I mentioned this desire appeared [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] 's knot; and several damp gentlemen, whose clothes, on their drawing round the stove, began to steam again. No doubt it would have been a thought more comfortable if the driving rain, which now poured down more soakingly than ever, had admitted of a window being opened, or if our number had been something less than thirty; but there was scarcely time to think as much, when a train of three horses [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)