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Definitions for Pore

[1] to read or study with steady attention or application: a scholar poring over a rare old manuscript.
[2] to gaze earnestly or steadily: to pore over a painting.
[3] to meditate or ponder intently (usually followed by over, on, or upon ): He pored over the strange events of the preceding evening.
[4] a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
[5] a minute interstice, as in a rock.
[6] (foll by over) to make a close intent examination or study (of a book, map, etc) he pored over the documents for several hours
[7] (foll by over, on, or upon ) to think deeply (about) he pored on the question of their future
[8] (foll by over, on, or upon ) rare to look earnestly or intently (at); gaze fixedly (upon)
[9] anatomy zoology any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animal
[10] botany any small aperture, esp that of a stoma through which water vapour and gases pass
[11] any other small hole, such as a space in a rock, soil, etc

Words related to Pore

orifice, opening, vesicle, outlet, foramen, stoma, ponder, brood, scan, read, study, regard, peruse, scrutinize, muse, contemplate, examine

Words nearby Pore

porcupine fish, porcupine grass, porcupine provisions, porcupine river, porcupinefish, pore, pore fungus, porencephalia, porencephalitis, porencephaly, porgy

Origin of Pore

21350–1400; Middle English poore < Late Latin porus < Greek póros passage; see emporium, ford

Words that may be confused with Pore

pause, paws, pores, pours

Other words from Pore

pore·like , adjective

Word origin for Pore

C14: from Late Latin porus, from Greek poros passage, pore

Synonyms for Pore

foramen, opening, orifice, outlet, stoma, vesicle, sweat gland