'Pore' definitions:
Definition of 'pore'
(from WordNet)
noun
Any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid (fluid or gas)
noun
Any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animal
noun
A minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass [syn: stoma, stomate, pore]
verb
Direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies" [syn: concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet]
Definition of 'Pore'
From: GCIDE
- Pore \Pore\, n. [F., fr. L. porus, Gr. ? a passage, a pore. See Fare, v.]
- 1. One of the minute orifices in an animal or vegetable membrane, for transpiration, absorption, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A minute opening or passageway; an interstice between the constituent particles or molecules of a body; as, the pores of stones. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Pore'
From: GCIDE
- Pore \Pore\, v. 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. [1913 Webster]
- The eye grows weary with poring perpetually on the same thing. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'pore'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aperture,
- avenue,
- blowhole,
- broaching,
- canal,
- cavity,
- channel,
- chasm,
- check,
- chute,
- clearing,
- cleft,
- con,
- crack,
- debouch,
- disclosure,
- door,
- duct,
- egress,
- emunctory,
- escape,
- estuary,
- Eustachian tube,
- examine,
- exhaust,
- exit,
- Fallopian tube,
- fenestra,
- fistula,
- floodgate,
- flume,
- fontanel,
- foramen,
- gap,
- gape,
- gat,
- go over,
- gulf,
- hiatus,
- hole,
- hollow,
- inlet,
- interval,
- intestines,
- lacuna,
- laying open,
- leak,
- loophole,
- meatus,
- opening,
- opening up,
- orifice,
- ostium,
- out,
- outcome,
- outfall,
- outgate,
- outgo,
- outlet,
- oviduct,
- passageway,
- perforation,
- peruse,
- pore over,
- port,
- read,
- sally port,
- salpinx,
- scrutinize,
- slot,
- sluice,
- space,
- spiracle,
- split,
- spout,
- stoma,
- study,
- tap,
- thoracic duct,
- throwing open,
- uncorking,
- unstopping,
- ureter,
- urethra,
- vagina,
- vas,
- vent,
- ventage,
- venthole,
- vessel,
- vomitory,
- way out,
- weir,
- yawn