2. (verb) to pour down, dripping wet.
I te mahi taua tangata ki te whakawātea i ētahi o aua paipa, ka pātere mai te ua, ka waipuketia taua ana, ka ngaro taua tangata. / That man was working to clear some of those pipes when the rain poured down, the cave was flooded and the man disappeared.
3. (verb) to flow readily, be effusive.
Pātere ana ngā kupu a Tohitapu (W 1971:271). / Tohitapu's words flowed readily.
4. (modifier) flowing readily, freely, without restraint.
Kua kōrero haere te Kāwanatanga o Kerei i ngā kōrero pātere noa, tino whakakake rawa; he mea kia kī ai ngā tāngata o te motu he kaiwhakaora rātou nō te rangi i tukua mai hei hutihuti i ngā taru hē katoa, hei kaitiaki hoki i ngā tika mō ngā tāngata katoa, te iti me te rahi (TWMNT 7/12/1878:167). / The Grey Government have gone about freely uttering the most exalted statements, leading people of the country to believe that they were the heaven-sent up-rooters of all abuses, and the guardians of the rights of the humble and the great.
5. (modifier) very, extremely - an intensive used with tini.
He tini pātere ngā reta kua tae mai. Ka pau pea he rā ki te huahuaki noa (HJ 2015:130). / Untold letters have arrived. It'll probably take a day to just open them.
6. (noun) song of derision in response to slander - most are compositions inspired by some derogatory reference, abuse or slander, sneering remark, or belittling statement. They are chanted at a fast tempo accompanied by defiant gestures.
Ko te whakataki o te pātere he rōnaki tonu; ko te nuinga kāore i motumotuhia ki te whiti (M 2005:128). / The tempo of the pātere is an even one; the majority without breaking off into verses.
7. (noun) flowing readily, effusiveness.
I mahara rātou ki te pātere o ngā kupu a taua Minita, i a ia e tāpoi ana i te motu nei, tērā e nui tāna manaaki i a rātou (TWMNT 7/12/1878:167). / From the Minister's flowing promises, when he was travelling around the country, they expected to be received with open arms.