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{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "abdominal pore"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "anal pore"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "apical germ pore"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "germ pore"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "nanopore"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "nuclear pore complex"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "pore space"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "pore strip"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "porewater"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "pore water pressure"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "sweat pore"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "taste pore"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*per-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "pore"
},
"expansion": "Middle English pore",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "pore"
},
"expansion": "Old French pore",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "porus"
},
"expansion": "Latin porus",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "grc",
"3": "πόρος",
"t": "passage"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek πόρος (póros, “passage”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "sweat hole"
},
"expansion": "English sweat hole",
"name": "ncog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "swet hole"
},
"expansion": "Middle English swet hole",
"name": "ncog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "swātþȳrel",
"lit": "sweat hole"
},
"expansion": "Old English swātþȳrel (literally “sweat hole”)",
"name": "ncog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "līcþēote",
"lit": "body pipe"
},
"expansion": "līcþēote (literally “body pipe”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "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”).",
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{
"form": "pores",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "pore (plural pores)",
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}
],
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"pos": "noun",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "porous"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I could sense the sweat dripping out of all my pores.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A tiny opening in the skin."
],
"id": "en-pore-en-noun-2QD~fKZs",
"links": [
[
"tiny",
"tiny"
],
[
"opening",
"opening"
],
[
"skin",
"skin"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "sweat hole"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "masām",
"sense": "a tiny opening in the skin",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "مَسَام"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "masaam",
"sense": "a tiny opening in the skin",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic",
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "مسام"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "küźənək",
"sense": "a tiny opening in the skin",
"word": "күҙәнәк"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "póra",
"sense": "a tiny opening in the skin",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "по́ра"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "póra",
"sense": "a tiny opening in the skin",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "по́ра"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "a tiny opening in the skin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "porus"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "a tiny opening in the skin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "por"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "máokǒng",
"sense": "a tiny opening in the skin",
"word": "毛孔"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "cop",
"lang": "Coptic",
"roman": "sili",
"sense": "a tiny opening in the skin",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ⲥⲓⲗⲓ"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "a tiny opening in the skin",
"word": "pór"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "a tiny opening in the skin",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "pore"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "a tiny opening in the skin",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "porie"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "a tiny opening in the skin",
"word": "poro"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a tiny opening in the skin",
"word": "huokonen"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a tiny opening in the skin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pore"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "a tiny opening in the skin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "poro"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "pori",
"sense": "a tiny opening in the skin",
"word": "ფორი"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a tiny opening in the skin",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Pore"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "póros",
"sense": "a tiny opening in the skin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "πόρος"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "póros",
"sense": "a tiny opening in the skin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "πόρος"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a tiny opening in the skin",
"word": "pórus"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "a tiny opening in the skin",
"word": "poro"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "a tiny opening in the skin",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "póir"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "a tiny opening in the skin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "piochán"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a tiny opening in the skin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "poro"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"raw_tags": [
"for 'secretion'"
],
"roman": "-sen",
"sense": "a tiny opening in the skin",
"tags": [
"kanji"
],
"word": "-線"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"raw_tags": [
"for 'tiny opening'"
],
"roman": "-kou",
"sense": "a tiny opening in the skin",
"tags": [
"kanji"
],
"word": "-孔"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shōkō",
"sense": "a tiny opening in the skin",
"tags": [
"general"
],
"word": "小孔"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "ja",
"english": "pore of the skin",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "keana",
"sense": "a tiny opening in the skin",
"word": "毛穴"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "ja",
"english": "sweat pore",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hishi-sen",
"sense": "a tiny opening in the skin",
"word": "皮脂腺"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "stoma",
"sense": "a tiny opening in the skin",
"word": "気孔"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gigong",
"sense": "a tiny opening in the skin",
"word": "기공"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "a tiny opening in the skin",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kunik"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "suṣiraṁ",
"sense": "a tiny opening in the skin",
"word": "സുഷിരം"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "a tiny opening in the skin",
"word": "pōnaho"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "a tiny opening in the skin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pore"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "a tiny opening in the skin",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pore"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "a tiny opening in the skin",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pore"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "a tiny opening in the skin",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "swātþȳrel"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "a tiny opening in the skin",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "līcþēote"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "zlw-opl",
"lang": "Old Polish",
"sense": "a tiny opening in the skin",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "sierotki"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a tiny opening in the skin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "por"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a tiny opening in the skin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "poro"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "póra",
"sense": "a tiny opening in the skin",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "по́ра"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "a tiny opening in the skin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pór"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a tiny opening in the skin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "poro"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a tiny opening in the skin",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "por"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "a tiny opening in the skin",
"word": "kilit"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "a tiny opening in the skin",
"word": "kilit ng balat"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "a tiny opening in the skin",
"word": "klokaśce"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a tiny opening in the skin",
"word": "gözenek"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "póra",
"sense": "a tiny opening in the skin",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "по́ра"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "a tiny opening in the skin",
"word": "lổ chân lông"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "the pores of a rock.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"By extension any small opening or interstice, especially one of many, or one allowing the passage of a fluid."
],
"id": "en-pore-en-noun-7BkZJD5b",
"links": [
[
"interstice",
"interstice"
],
[
"fluid",
"fluid"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "17 83",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pora",
"sense": "by extension any small opening",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пора"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 83",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "by extension any small opening",
"word": "huokonen"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 83",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "by extension any small opening",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pore"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 83",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "by extension any small opening",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "poro"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 83",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "póros",
"sense": "by extension any small opening",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "πόρος"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 83",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "by extension any small opening",
"word": "nyílás"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 83",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "by extension any small opening",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "póir"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 83",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"raw_tags": [
"for 'secretion'"
],
"roman": "-sen",
"sense": "by extension any small opening",
"tags": [
"kanji"
],
"word": "-線"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 83",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "suṣiraṁ",
"sense": "by extension any small opening",
"word": "സുഷിരം"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 83",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "by extension any small opening",
"word": "pōnaho"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 83",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "by extension any small opening",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "poro"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 83",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "póra",
"sense": "by extension any small opening",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "по́ра"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 83",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "by extension any small opening",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "por"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/pɔɹ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pɔː/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/po(ː)ɹ/",
"note": "rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger"
},
{
"ipa": "/poə/",
"note": "non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)"
},
{
"homophone": "pour"
},
{
"homophone": "poor (in accents with the pour–poor merger)"
},
{
"homophone": "paw (non-rhotic accents with the horse–hoarse merger)"
},
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0a/En-us-pore.ogg/En-us-pore.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/En-us-pore.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"enpr": "pôr"
},
{
"enpr": "pô"
},
{
"enpr": "pōr"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"pore"
],
"word": "pore"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "pore over"
}
],
"etymology_number": 2,
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "poren"
},
"expansion": "Middle English poren",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "pouren"
},
"expansion": "pouren",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "puren",
"3": "",
"4": "to gaze intently, look closely"
},
"expansion": "puren (“to gaze intently, look closely”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
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"2": "ang",
"3": "*purian"
},
"expansion": "Old English *purian",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "spyrian",
"3": "",
"4": "to investigate, examine"
},
"expansion": "Old English spyrian (“to investigate, examine”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "poren",
"3": "",
"4": "to pore, look"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch poren (“to pore, look”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "porren",
"3": "",
"4": "to poke, prod, stir, encourage, endeavour, attempt"
},
"expansion": "Dutch porren (“to poke, prod, stir, encourage, endeavour, attempt”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds",
"2": "purren",
"3": "",
"4": "to poke, stir"
},
"expansion": "Low German purren (“to poke, stir”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "purre",
"3": "",
"4": "to poke, stir, rouse"
},
"expansion": "Danish purre (“to poke, stir, rouse”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "pora"
},
"expansion": "Swedish pora",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "pura"
},
"expansion": "pura",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "påra",
"3": "",
"4": "to work slowly and gradually, work deliberately"
},
"expansion": "påra (“to work slowly and gradually, work deliberately”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "spor",
"3": "",
"4": "track, trace, vestige"
},
"expansion": "Old English spor (“track, trace, vestige”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "puren"
},
"expansion": "Middle English puren",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "piren",
"3": "",
"4": "to look, peer"
},
"expansion": "piren (“to look, peer”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "peer"
},
"expansion": "peer",
"name": "l"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English poren, pouren, puren (“to gaze intently, look closely”), from Old English *purian, suggested by Old English spyrian (“to investigate, examine”). Akin to Middle Dutch poren (“to pore, look”), Dutch porren (“to poke, prod, stir, encourage, endeavour, attempt”), Low German purren (“to poke, stir”), Danish purre (“to poke, stir, rouse”), dialectal Swedish pora, pura, påra (“to work slowly and gradually, work deliberately”), Old English spor (“track, trace, vestige”). Compare also Middle English puren, piren (“to look, peer”). See peer.",
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{
"code": "tl",
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"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)",
"Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)/1 syllable"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "pore over"
}
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "poren"
},
"expansion": "Middle English poren",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "pouren"
},
"expansion": "pouren",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "puren",
"3": "",
"4": "to gaze intently, look closely"
},
"expansion": "puren (“to gaze intently, look closely”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "*purian"
},
"expansion": "Old English *purian",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "spyrian",
"3": "",
"4": "to investigate, examine"
},
"expansion": "Old English spyrian (“to investigate, examine”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "poren",
"3": "",
"4": "to pore, look"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch poren (“to pore, look”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "porren",
"3": "",
"4": "to poke, prod, stir, encourage, endeavour, attempt"
},
"expansion": "Dutch porren (“to poke, prod, stir, encourage, endeavour, attempt”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds",
"2": "purren",
"3": "",
"4": "to poke, stir"
},
"expansion": "Low German purren (“to poke, stir”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "purre",
"3": "",
"4": "to poke, stir, rouse"
},
"expansion": "Danish purre (“to poke, stir, rouse”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "pora"
},
"expansion": "Swedish pora",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "pura"
},
"expansion": "pura",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "påra",
"3": "",
"4": "to work slowly and gradually, work deliberately"
},
"expansion": "påra (“to work slowly and gradually, work deliberately”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "spor",
"3": "",
"4": "track, trace, vestige"
},
"expansion": "Old English spor (“track, trace, vestige”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "puren"
},
"expansion": "Middle English puren",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "piren",
"3": "",
"4": "to look, peer"
},
"expansion": "piren (“to look, peer”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "peer"
},
"expansion": "peer",
"name": "l"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English poren, pouren, puren (“to gaze intently, look closely”), from Old English *purian, suggested by Old English spyrian (“to investigate, examine”). Akin to Middle Dutch poren (“to pore, look”), Dutch porren (“to poke, prod, stir, encourage, endeavour, attempt”), Low German purren (“to poke, stir”), Danish purre (“to poke, stir, rouse”), dialectal Swedish pora, pura, påra (“to work slowly and gradually, work deliberately”), Old English spor (“track, trace, vestige”). Compare also Middle English puren, piren (“to look, peer”). See peer.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "pores",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "poring",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "pored",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "pored",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "pore (third-person singular simple present pores, present participle poring, simple past and past participle pored)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"To study meticulously; to go over again and again."
],
"links": [
[
"study",
"study"
],
[
"meticulous",
"meticulous"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To meditate or reflect in a steady way."
],
"links": [
[
"meditate",
"meditate"
],
[
"reflect",
"reflect"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/pɔɹ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pɔː/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/po(ː)ɹ/",
"note": "rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger"
},
{
"ipa": "/poə/",
"note": "non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)"
},
{
"homophone": "pour"
},
{
"homophone": "poor (in accents with the pour–poor merger)"
},
{
"homophone": "paw (non-rhotic accents with the horse–hoarse merger)"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-pore.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0a/En-us-pore.ogg/En-us-pore.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/En-us-pore.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"enpr": "pôr"
},
{
"enpr": "pô"
},
{
"enpr": "pōr"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "jukkō suru",
"sense": "to study meticulously",
"word": "熟考する"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "jukuryo suru",
"sense": "to study meticulously",
"word": "熟慮する"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to study meticulously",
"word": "whakatatare"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to study meticulously",
"word": "ślęczeć"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tščátelʹno izučátʹ",
"sense": "to study meticulously",
"word": "тща́тельно изуча́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "korpétʹ",
"sense": "to study meticulously",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "корпе́ть"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "obmisljam",
"sense": "to meditate or reflect in a steady way",
"word": "обмислям"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "jukkō suru",
"sense": "to meditate or reflect in a steady way",
"word": "熟考する"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "jukuryo suru",
"sense": "to meditate or reflect in a steady way",
"word": "熟慮する"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razmyšljátʹ",
"sense": "to meditate or reflect in a steady way",
"word": "размышля́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razdúmyvatʹ",
"sense": "to meditate or reflect in a steady way",
"word": "разду́мывать"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"pore"
],
"word": "pore"
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": kikō vs. stoma",
"path": [
"pore"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "pore",
"trace": ""
}
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