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1. (v.i.) pore
to read or study with steady attention or application (usu. fol. by over):
to pore over old manuscripts.
2. pore
to meditate or ponder intently (usu. fol. by over, on, or upon).
3. pore
to gaze earnestly or steadily.
4. (n.) pore
a minute opening, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
5. pore
a minute interstice, as in a rock.
Etymology: (1350–1400; < LL porus < Gk póros passage; cf. emporium , ford)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) pore
any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid (fluid or gas)
2. (noun) pore
any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animal
3. (verb) stoma, stomate, pore
a minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass
4. (verb) concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet
direct one's attention on something
"Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. pore
one of the minute orifices in an animal or vegetable membrane, for transpiration, absorption, etc
2. pore
a minute opening or passageway; an interstice between the constituent particles or molecules of a body; as, the pores of stones
3. (verb) pore
to look or gaze steadily in reading or studying; to fix the attention; to be absorbed; -- often with on or upon, and now usually with over
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Sense: a tiny hole, especially of a sweat gland in the skin.
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 Afrikaans: porie |
 Arabic: ثُقْب، أحَد مسام الجِلْد |
 Bulgarian: пора |
 Brazilian: poro |
 Czech: pór |
 German: die Pore |
 Danish: pore |
 Greek: πόρος δέρματος |
 Spanish: poro |
 Estonian: poor |
 Farsi: روزنه |
 Finnish: huokonen |
 French: pore |
 Hebrew: נַקבּוּבִית |
 Hindi: छोटा छेद |
 Croatian: pora, rupica u koži |
 Hungarian: pórus |
 Indonesian: pori |
 Icelandic: svitahola |
 Italian: poro |
 Japanese: 毛穴 |
 Korean: 땀구멍, 숨구멍 |
 Lithuanian: pora |
 Latvian: pora |
 Malay: liang-liang roma |
 Dutch: porie |
 Norwegian: pore |
 Polish: por |
 Persian: سوراخ كوچك |
 Pashto: كوچنى سورى |
 Portuguese: poro |
 Romanian: por |
 Russian: пора |
 Slovak: pór |
 Slovenian: pora |
 Serbian: pora |
 Swedish: por |
 Thai: รูขุมขน |
 Turkish: gözenek |
 Taiwanese: 小孔，毛孔 |
 Ukrainian: свердловина; шпара |
 Urdu: مسام، باريک سوراخ |
 Vietnamese: lỗ chân lông |
 Chinese: 小孔，毛孔 |
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