The Clue
Officiate at a tea (4 letter answer)
The Answer
POUR
Tags
Notes
The answer POUR is common and appears about once every 250 puzzles.
Related Clues
Decant
Gush
Shower
Stream
Teem
Dispense, as milk
Mixologist's instruction
Officiate at tea
Preside at tea
Rain hard
Rain heavily
Serve the coffee
Serve drinks
Serve tea
Serve, as tea
Use a ewer
Come down in buckets
Come down hard
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Come down like cats and dogs
Definition
POUR as a verb:
1. cause to run; "pour water over the floor"
2. (pour, swarm, stream, teem, pullulate) = move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza"
3. (decant, pour, pour out) = pour out; "the sommelier decanted the wines"
4. flow in a spurt; "Water poured all over the floor"
5. supply in large amounts or quantities; "We poured money into the education of our children"
6. (pour, pelt, stream, rain cats and dogs, rain buckets) = rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!"