Pore

Quick meaning: Pore is a noun meaning A tiny opening in the skin.

Meaning

A tiny opening in the skin.

More Meanings

1. By extension any small opening or interstice, especially one of many, or one allowing the passage of a fluid.
2. To study meticulously; to go over again and again.
3. To meditate or reflect in a steady way.

Example Sentences

the pores of a rock.

I could sense the sweat dripping out of all my pores.

Under certain conditions tangential sections indicate that the zoœcial walls and the intermural space are seemingly pierced by communication pores or connecting foramina.

Yet each foreign post day she watched for the arrival of letters - knew the postmark, and watched me as I read. I found her often poring over the articles of Greek intelligence in the newspaper.

Word Forms

• pores
• poring
• pored

Synonyms for pore

Depending on context, synonyms include focus, concentrate, centre, stoma, center, rivet.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include focus, rivet, stoma, center, centre, concentrate.

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