noun
pore
paw
noun
1
A tiny opening in the skin, or a similarly small opening in another surface.
"Sweat escapes through the pores in your skin."
verb
1
To study or read something with intense, sustained concentration.
"She spent the evening poring over old family photographs."
How to Use Pore
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA tiny opening in a surface, or (as a verb) to study something closely and carefully.
Common mistake
The verb is "pore over" a document (study closely), not "pour over" it — a very common spelling mix-up.
Word Forms
pored past tense, pores plural, pores singular
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Etymology
From Old French pore, from Latin porus, from Greek poros ("passage").