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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