English Explanatory Dictionary

pore

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.
verb
  1. To study meticulously; to go over again and again.
  2. To meditate or reflect in a steady way.

Pronunciation

pô /pɔː(ɹ)/ pôr /poɹ/ pōr /po(ː)ɹ/ /poə/ en-us-pore.ogg

Word forms

pore pores poring pored

Etymology

From Middle English pore, from Old French pore, from Latin porus, from Ancient Greek πόρος (póros, “passage”). Displaced native English sweat hole from Middle English swet hole, which might have been a reformation of Old English swātþȳrel (literally “sweat hole”), which competed with līcþēote (literally “body pipe”).

Synonyms

sweat hole

Related words

porous

Derived words

abdominal pore acidopore anal pore apical germ pore aporetic aporia aporic biopore blastopore colporate cryptopore dactylopore electropore gastropore germ pore gonopore haematomyelopore hemipore interpore intrapore isopore macropore mesopore micropore millipore nanopore nephridiopore nephropore neuropore nuclear pore complex nucleopore parapore polypore poration porefield poreless porelike pore space pore strip porewater pore water pressure poriferous porin porite poroid poroma pory prepore protopore sweat pore taste pore pore over poringly
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