Sekirov Dictionary

pore

UK /pɔː(ɹ)/US /poɹ/

noun 2
verb 2
forms 3
phrases 1

noun2

•
A tiny opening in the skin.
- I could sense the sweat dripping out of all my pores.
•
By extension any small opening or interstice, especially one of many, or one allowing the passage of a fluid.
- the pores of a rock.

verb2

•
To study meticulously; to go over again and again.
- Yet each foreign post day she watched for the arrival of letters - knew the postmark, and watched me as I read. I found her often poring over the articles of Greek intelligence in the newspaper. — 1826
To meditate or reflect in a steady way.

forms

pored · poring · pores

Phrases with pore

pore over
To examine something (especially written material) carefully and attentively.

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