pore
(noun) any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animal
stoma, stomate, pore
(noun) a minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass
pore
(noun) any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid (fluid or gas)
concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet
(verb) direct one’s attention on something; “Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pore (plural pores)
A tiny opening in the skin.
By extension any small opening or interstice, especially one of many, or one allowing the passage of a fluid.
pore (third-person singular simple present pores, present participle poring, simple past and past participle pored)
to study meticulously; to go over again and again.
to meditate or reflect in a steady way.
• Pero, oper, reop, repo, rope
Source: Wiktionary
Pore, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. porus, Gr. Fare, v.]
1. One of the minute orifices in an animal or vegetable membrane, for transpiration, absorption, etc.
2. A minute opening or passageway; an interstice between the constituent particles or molecules of a body; as, the pores of stones.
Pore, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pored; p. pr. & vb. n. Poring.] Etym: [OE. poren, of uncertain origin; cf. D. porren to poke, thrust, Gael. purr.]
Definition: 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."Painfully to pore upon a book." Shak. The eye grows weary with poring perpetually on the same thing. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 April 2024
(noun) a viewpoint toward a city or other heavily populated area; “the dominant character of the cityscape is it poverty”
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