pore

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology 1

From Middle English pouren from Old French, from Latin porus from Ancient Greek πόρος (poros).

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[edit] Noun

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Singular
pore

Plural
pores

pore (plural pores)

  1. a tiny opening in the skin
  2. by extension any small opening or interstice, especially one of many or allowing passage of a fluid.

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a tiny opening in the skin
  • Chinese: please add this translation if you can
  • Dutch: porie
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  • French: please add this translation if you can
  • German: Pore f.
  • Hungarian: pórus hu(hu)
  • Italian: poro it(it) m.
  • Japanese: (kanji for 'secretion') -線 ja(ja) (-sen), (kanji for 'tiny opening') -孔 ja(ja) (-kou); (general) 小孔 ja(ja) (shōkō); (pore of the skin) 毛穴 ja(ja) (keana); (sweat pore) 皮脂腺 ja(ja) (hishi-sen); (stoma) 気孔 ja(ja) (kikō)
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by extension any small opening
  • Japanese: (kanji for 'secretion') -線 ja(ja) (-sen)

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Unknown

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to pore

Third person singular
pores

Simple past
pored

Past participle
pored

Present participle
poring

to pore (third-person singular simple present pores, present participle poring, simple past and past participle pored)

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

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to study meticulously
to meditate or reflect in a steady way

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