to pour forth
2
7.1
- phrasal verb
- /pɔr fɔrθ/
:
fluir
- After hours of brainstorming, ideas began to pour forth, and the team felt energized to tackle the project.
Examples
-
During the ceremony, heartfelt stories started to pour forth from the guests, bringing tears to many eyes.
-
Day to day pours forth speech, and night to night reveals knowledge.
Blog text (24) -
Thank you very much for all the love you have and are continuously pouring forth, especially over the last few years.
Blog text (34) -
The clouds may pour forth a shower of tears.
Fiction book (1997) -
The rippling song poured forth again.
Fiction book (1998) -
Rats had poured forth from the foundations of buildings after the San Francisco earthquake.
Fiction book (1995) -
A hot white light pours forth from it, like the parched sheen of highly polished bone.
Fiction book (1997) -
Through them, wisdom is poured forth, and people's minds are enlightened so they may know God and behold His glory.
Blog text (4) -
The Chinese government took severe measures to show its anger: quasi-governmental contacts were suspended; intensified polemics, including personal attacks, poured forth; and round after round of military exercises were carried out.
Academic text (1997) -
As the storm intensified, rain began to pour forth from the sky, drenching everything in its path.
Synonyms
171
1.0
To let liquid fall in small drops
18
2.7
To pour a thin stream of liquid slowly over food
16
2.9
Move or pour out in a steady stream, often a liquid
15
2.8
To let liquid or saliva fall in small drops
12
1.4
Liquid falls in small drops down a surface
7
3.4
To flow slowly in small amounts through tiny holes
4
6.5
Give off liquid slowly, often in drops
3
3.5
Liquid flows slowly out of something through small holes
1
4.8
To flow slowly through small holes or cracks
To pass slowly through a surface and come out as small drops
Slowly leaking thick, sticky liquid
Antonyms
How Much
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to flow or issue out from a source' is directly and compositionally derivable from 'pour' (to make liquid flow) combined with 'forth' (outward from a source). Although somewhat literary in register, the outward-flow sense is transparent and predictable, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would likely understand it.
Etymology
Pour forth comes from a simple picture: pour (to let liquid flow) and forth (outward), like water from a jug or blood from a wound. So when sounds, words, or tears pour forth, they 'flow out' quickly or in large amounts, which is why it means 'to flow out'.