pore
1to read or study with steady attention or application: a scholar poring over a rare old manuscript.
to gaze earnestly or steadily: to pore over a painting.
to meditate or ponder intently (usually followed by over, on, or upon): He pored over the strange events of the preceding evening.
Origin of pore
1Other words for pore
Words that may be confused with pore
Other definitions for pore (2 of 2)
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
a minute interstice, as in a rock.
Origin of pore
2Other words from pore
- porelike, adjective
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How to use pore in a sentence
By that evening, their staffer was poring through the files at the University of Arkansas.
Hillary’s Outside Enforcers Are Led by a Former Foe | David Freedlander | July 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNormally an air accident investigation would involve a swarm of hard-nosed engineers and scientists poring over wreckage.
She later confessed to poring over botanical volumes in search of suitable poisons and scouring the woods for lethal mushrooms.
The Week in Death: Clarissa Dickson Wright, One of ‘Two Fat Ladies’ | The Telegraph | March 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAgain, most of the boys spend the travel time dozing or poring over comic books.
Stacks: Hitting the Note with the Allman Brothers Band | Grover Lewis | March 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBrunet says that so far they have spoken to 80 witnesses and are poring over some video of the crash and its aftermath.
‘It Was Like Hiroshima’: A Tour Through the Quebec Town Destroyed by a Runaway Train | Christine Pelisek | July 15, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Then he would suddenly turn back to Digby, but would find him poring over a book, and as dumb as an adder.
Digby Heathcote | W.H.G. KingstonHe was thinking how strange it was that he should meet this girl whose books he had been poring over all these weeks.
The Hidden Places | Bertrand W. SinclairHe saw himself sitting beside the fireplace poring over one of Doris Cleveland's books.
The Hidden Places | Bertrand W. SinclairI saw him poring over the note and reading it as if it were Gospel, and I suspected nothing.
Gallegher and Other Stories | Richard Harding DavisOne Sunday, for example, at Madame Bertrand's, he found the girls poring over a book.
Napoleon's Young Neighbor | Helen Leah Reed
British Dictionary definitions for pore (1 of 2)
/ (pɔː) /
(foll by over) to make a close intent examination or study (of a book, map, etc): he pored over the documents for several hours
(foll by over, on, or upon) to think deeply (about): he pored on the question of their future
(foll by over, on, or upon) rare to look earnestly or intently (at); gaze fixedly (upon)
Origin of pore
1pore
British Dictionary definitions for pore (2 of 2)
/ (pɔː) /
anatomy zoology any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animal
botany any small aperture, esp that of a stoma through which water vapour and gases pass
any other small hole, such as a space in a rock, soil, etc
Origin of pore
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for pore
[ pôr ]
A tiny opening, as one in an animal's skin or on the surface of a plant leaf or stem, through which liquids or gases may pass.
A space in soil, rock, or loose sediment that is not occupied by mineral matter and allows the passage or absorption of fluids, such as water, petroleum, or air.
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