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pore |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 2. A minute opening or passageway; an interstice between the constituent particles or molecules of a body; as the pores of stones. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. The eye grows weary with poring perpetually on the same thing --Dryden. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pore n 1: any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid (fluid or gas) 2: any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animal 3: a minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem [syn: {stoma}] v : focus one's attention on something [syn: {concentrate}, {focus}, {center}, {centre}, {rivet}]
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