Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pour down

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.09 in modern English

Syllables: pour -down
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To rain heavily.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"Episode 12, The Cyclops A torrential rain poured down from the floodgates of the angry heavens upon the bared heads of the assembled multitude which numbered at the lowest computation five hundred thousand persons."

Usage

Intransitive verb

Inflected Forms

pours down (present, singular) pouring down (participle, present) poured down (participle, past) poured down (past)

Frequently Paired Words

pourdown

Synonyms

bucket down chuck it down lash down pelt pelt down piss down pour rain cats and dogs stream teem whip down

Questions

What does pour down mean?: To rain heavily.

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