pore

  • 11pore — [n] small aperture in skin foramen, opening, orifice, outlet, stoma, sweat gland, vesicle; concept 418 pore [v] go over carefully brood, contemplate, dwell on, examine, look over, muse, peruse, ponder, read, regard, scan, scrutinize, study;… …

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  • 12pore — pore1 [pôr, pōr] vi. pored, poring [ME poren < ?] 1. Now Rare to gaze intently 2. to read or study carefully: with over [to pore over a book] 3. to think deeply and thoroughly; ponder: with over pore2 [pôr, pōr] …

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  • 13Pore — (Porkirche), soviel wie Empore oder Emporkirche (s. d.) …

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  • 14pore — PORE. s. m. Petit trou, ouverture presque imperceptible dans la peau de l animal, par où se fait la transpiration, par où sortent les sueurs, & par où les vapeurs s exhalent. En esté les pores sont plus ou. verts. le froid resserre les pores. Il… …

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  • 15pore — pore1 [ pɔr ] noun count one of the very small holes in your skin that SWEAT can pass through a. a very small hole in the surface of a plant from every pore used for emphasizing that someone has a very strong feeling that they cannot hide: Anger… …

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  • 16pore — I UK [pɔː(r)] / US [pɔr] noun [countable] Word forms pore : singular pore plural pores a) one of the very small holes in your skin that sweat can pass through b) a very small hole in the surface of a plant • from every pore II UK [pɔː(r)] / US… …

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  • 17pore — [[t]pɔ͟ː(r)[/t]] pores, poring, pored 1) N COUNT: usu pl Your pores are the tiny holes in your skin. The size of your pores is determined by the amount of oil they produce. 2) N COUNT: usu pl The pores of a plant are the tiny holes on its surface …

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  • 18pore — pore1 noun a minute opening in the skin or other surface through which gases, liquids, or microscopic particles may pass. Origin ME: from OFr., via L. from Gk poros passage, pore . pore2 verb 1》 (pore over/through) be absorbed in the reading or… …

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  • 19pore — v. (d; intr.) to pore over ( to examine ) (to pore over a document) * * * [pɔː] (d; intr.) to pore over (to pore over a document; to examine ) …

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  • 20pore — pore1 [po: US po:r] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: Latin porus, from Greek poros way through ] one of the small holes in your skin that liquid, especially ↑sweat, can pass through, or a similar hole in the surface of a plant pore 2… …

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