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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

Pore

Pore

See also: pore, póré, pôre, and -pore

German

Noun

Pore f ‎(genitive Pore, plural Poren)

  1. pore

pore

pore

See also: Pore, póré, pôre, and -pore

English

Noun

pore ‎(plural pores)

  1. A tiny opening in the skin.
  2. By extension any small opening or interstice, especially one of many, or one allowing the passage of a fluid.
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Etymology 2

From Middle English poren, pouren, puren ‎(“to gaze intently, look closely”), from Old English *purian, suggested by Old English spyrian ‎(“to investigate, examine”). Akin to Middle Dutch poren ‎(“to pore, look”), Dutch porren ‎(“to poke, prod, stir, encourage, endeavour, attempt”), Low German purren ‎(“to poke, stir”), Danish purre ‎(“to poke, stir, rouse”), Swedish dialectal pora, pura, påra ‎(“to work slowly and gradually, work deliberately”), Old English spor ‎(“track, trace, vestige”). Compare also Middle English puren, piren ‎(“to look, peer”). See peer.

Verb

pore ‎(third-person singular simple present pores, present participle poring, simple past and past participle pored)

  1. to study meticulously; to go over again and again.
    • 1826, Mary Shelley, The Last Man, part 1, chapter 10
      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.
  2. to meditate or reflect in a steady way.
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Translations

Anagrams

Cornish

Noun

pore

  1. Hard mutation of bore.

Danish

Etymology

From Latin porus, from Ancient Greek πόρος ‎(póros).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /poːrə/, [ˈpʰoːɐ]

Noun

pore c (singular definite poren, plural indefinite porer)

  1. pore (a tiny opening in the skin)

Inflection

Finnish

Noun

pore

  1. bubble (gas bubble in water)
  2. An area of molten water near the edge of ice in a melting lake.

Declension

Inflection of pore (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation)
nominative pore poreet
genitive poreen poreiden
poreitten
partitive poretta poreita
illative poreeseen poreisiin
poreihin
singular plural
nominative pore poreet
accusative nom. pore poreet
gen. poreen
genitive poreen poreiden
poreitten
partitive poretta poreita
inessive poreessa poreissa
elative poreesta poreista
illative poreeseen poreisiin
poreihin
adessive poreella poreilla
ablative poreelta poreilta
allative poreelle poreille
essive poreena poreina
translative poreeksi poreiksi
instructive — porein
abessive poreetta poreitta
comitative — poreineen

Synonyms

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin porus, from Ancient Greek πόρος ‎(póros, “passage”).

Noun

pore m ‎(plural pores)

  1. pore (small opening in skin)
  2. by extension, small openings

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πόρος ‎(póros, “passage”).

Noun

pore f, m ‎(definite singular pora or poren, indefinite plural porer, definite plural porene)

  1. a pore (e.g. in the skin)

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References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πόρος ‎(póros, “passage”).

Noun

pore f ‎(definite singular pora, indefinite plural porer, definite plural porene)

  1. a pore (e.g. in the skin)

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References

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin porus, from Ancient Greek πόρος ‎(póros, “passage”).

Noun

pore m ‎(oblique plural pores, nominative singular pores, nominative plural pore)

  1. pore (small opening in skin)

Venetian

Adjective

pore f

  1. feminine plural of poro

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin porus, from Ancient Greek πόρος ‎(póros, “passage”).

Pronunciation

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