"pore over" meaning in English

See pore over in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: pores over [present, singular, third-person], poring over [participle, present], pored over [participle, past], pored over [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} pore over (third-person singular simple present pores over, present participle poring over, simple past and past participle pored over)
  1. (transitive) To examine something (especially written material) carefully and attentively. Tags: transitive Translations (examine): 仔細看 /仔细看 (zǐxì kàn) (Chinese Mandarin), bestuderen (Dutch), tutkia tarkoin (Finnish), perehtyä (Finnish), syventyä (Finnish), mātai (Maori), whakatewhatewha (Maori), whakataretare (Maori), whakatātare (Maori), ślęczeć (nad czym) (Polish)

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2015 March 4, Louise Taylor, The Guardian:",
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        "To examine something (especially written material) carefully and attentively."
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        "(transitive) To examine something (especially written material) carefully and attentively."
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zǐxì kàn",
          "sense": "examine",
          "word": "仔細看 /仔细看"
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "examine",
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          "sense": "examine",
          "word": "tutkia tarkoin"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "examine",
          "word": "perehtyä"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "examine",
          "word": "syventyä"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "examine",
          "word": "mātai"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "examine",
          "word": "whakatewhatewha"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "examine",
          "word": "whakataretare"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "examine",
          "word": "whakatātare"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "examine",
          "word": "ślęczeć (nad czym)"
        }
      ]
    }
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  "word": "pore over"
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        "(transitive) To examine something (especially written material) carefully and attentively."
      ],
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      "sense": "examine",
      "word": "仔細看 /仔细看"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "examine",
      "word": "bestuderen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "examine",
      "word": "tutkia tarkoin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "examine",
      "word": "perehtyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "examine",
      "word": "syventyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "examine",
      "word": "mātai"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "examine",
      "word": "whakatewhatewha"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "examine",
      "word": "whakataretare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "examine",
      "word": "whakatātare"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "examine",
      "word": "ślęczeć (nad czym)"
    }
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