Thesaurus: pore

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1. v. One of the minute orifices in an animal or vegetable membrane, for transpiration, absorption, etc.
2. v. A minute opening or passageway; an interstice between the constituent particles or molecules of a body; as, the pores of stones.
3. v. i. 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.
4. n. any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid (fluid or gas)
5. n. any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animal
6. n. a minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass
7. v. direct one's attention on something
8. 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. 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.
9. To look or gaze steadily in reading or studying; to fix theattention; to be absorbed; -- often with on or upon, and now usuallywith over."Painfully to pore upon a book." Shak.The eye grows weary with poring perpetually on the same thing.Dryden.
10. v:39/n:61 n. any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid (fluid or gas) n. any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animal