pour out

Let it flow

Pour out means to empty a container by letting its contents flow freely, or to express emotions or thoughts abundantly and without restraint.

You pour out a drink from a pitcher, but you also pour out your heart to someone or pour out your troubles.

The phrase suggests release—something held back now flowing forth: She poured out years of frustration in a single conversation.

liquid

gush

Flow out forcefully

  • streamSteady continuous flow
  • cascadeSuccessive downward flow
  • flowUnbroken forward movement

spout · drain · empty · decant · discharge · torrent · fountain · jet · surge · trickle

crowds

stream

Steady continuous flow

  • floodOverwhelming water overflow
  • swarmMass of moving insects
  • spillAccidental liquid release

throng · surge · rush · emerge · exit · evacuate · disperse · empty · flow · mass

emotional

vent

Opening for airflow

open up · heart-to-heart · catharsis · release · express · share · divulge · admit · disclose · reveal

verbal

articulate

Express clearly, or well-spoken

declare · narrate · proclaim · relate · recount · testify · announce · verbalize · speak · tell

abundance

lavish

Abundant beyond necessity

  • showerWater spray for bathing
  • heapJumbled collection of items
  • bestowGive formally, as honor

generous · overflow · profusion · deluge · flood · inundate · torrent · bounty · freely · unstinting

Categories
Opposites
flow direction

pour outpour in

Enter in great numbers

fill · fill up · refill · top up · replenish

flow rate/manner

pour outtrickle

Thin, slow stream

drip · dribble · sip · seep · ooze

containment

pour outhold in

Suppress from expression

retain · keep in · contain · store · cork

Family

pour, out, pouring, poured, pours, outpouring, pourer, outpour, pourers

Familiarity
Top 20,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G