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Webster 1913 Edition

Pore

Pore

,
Noun.
[F., fr. L.
porus
, Gr. [GREEK] a passage, a pore. See
Fare
,
Verb.
]
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

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Pored
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Poring
.]
[OE.
poren
, of uncertain origin; cf. D.
porren
to poke, thrust, Gael.
purr
.]
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pore

PORE

,
Noun.
[Gr. to go, to pass.; Eng. to fare. See Fare.]
1.
In anatomy, a minute interstice in the skin of an animal, through which the perspirable matter passes to the surface or is excreted.
2.
A small spiracle, opening or passage in other substances; as the pores of plants or of stones.

PORE

,
Verb.
I.
[Gr. to inspect.] To look with steady continued attention or application. To pore on, is to read or examine with steady perseverance, to dwell on; and the word seems to be limited in its application to the slow patient reading or examination of books, or something written or engraved.
Painfully to pore upon a book.
With sharpened sight pale antiquaries pore.

Definition 2024

póré

póré

See also: pore, Pore, pôre, and -pore

Hungarian

Noun

póré ‎(plural pórék)

  1. leek

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative póré pórék
accusative pórét pórékat
dative pórénak póréknak
instrumental póréval pórékkal
causal-final póréért pórékért
translative pórévá pórékká
terminative póréig pórékig
essive-formal póréként pórékként
essive-modal — —
inessive póréban pórékban
superessive pórén pórékon
adessive pórénál póréknál
illative póréba pórékba
sublative póréra pórékra
allative póréhoz pórékhoz
elative póréból pórékból
delative póréról pórékról
ablative pórétól póréktól
Possessive forms of póré
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. pórém póréim
2nd person sing. póréd póréid
3rd person sing. póréja póréi
1st person plural pórénk póréink
2nd person plural pórétok póréitok
3rd person plural póréjuk póréik

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ Gábor Zaicz, Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete, Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, ISBN 963 7094 01 6

Etymology

From the German Porree, from the Middle French poree ‎(“leek”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpoːreː]
  • Hyphenation: pó‧ré

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