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Showing words for PORES using the English dictionary

5 Letter Words for Pores

pores, poser, prose, repos, ropes, spore

4 Letter Words for Pores

epos, eros, esop, opes, ores, pers, peso, pore, pose, pres, pros, repo, reps, resp, roes, rope, rose, seor, sero, sope, sore, spor

3 Letter Words for Pores

eos, ers, esp, esr, oer, oes, ope, ops, ore, ors, ose, per, pes, por, pos, pre, pro, prs, rep, res, roe, ros, rps, sep, ser, sop

Definitions for Pores

[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 Pores

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

Words nearby Pores

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

Origin of Pores

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

Words that may be confused with Pores

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, porepause, paws, pores, pours

Other words from Pores

pore·like , adjective

Word origin for Pores

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

Synonyms for Pores

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