Transfers liquid twice
Repours is the third-person singular present tense of repour, meaning to pour something again.
The word appears in contexts where liquid needs to be transferred a second time, perhaps because the first pour was inadequate or went into the wrong container.
She repours the coffee after realizing she grabbed the wrong mug.
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Transfers liquid twice
Repours is the third-person singular present tense of repour, meaning to pour something again.
The word appears in contexts where liquid needs to be transferred a second time, perhaps because the first pour was inadequate or went into the wrong container.
She repours the coffee after realizing she grabbed the wrong mug.
1. refills — decant, Transfer liquid carefully; top-up (Adding to restore fullness); pitcher (Pouring vessel or hurler); carafe (Stopperless serving vessel); bottle · jug · flask · tankard · keg · dispenser · coffee · tea · wine · water
2. overflow — spill, Accidental liquid release; brim (Projecting edge or lip); overbrim (Spill past the rim); cascade (Successive downward flow); excess · spillover · flood · deluge · overflow · surge · torrent · inundation · overrun · engulf
SEQUENCE/ITERATIONrepours ≠ pours Dispenses liquid freely
DIRECTION OF LIQUID FLOWrepours ≠ drains Pipes removing wastewater; empties · pours out · siphons · decants · removes
repour, repoured
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/repours