"pore" meaning in English

See pore in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pɔr/ [US], /pɔː/ [UK] Audio: en-us-pore.ogg [US] Forms: pore [singular], pores [plural]
enPR: pôr [US], pô [UK] Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A tiny opening in the skin.
    Sense id: simple-pore-en-noun-2QD~fKZs
  2. Any small opening. Often an object will have many pores, not just one, and these pores let liquids pass through them.
    Sense id: simple-pore-en-noun-iqRjH5uJ

Verb

IPA: /pɔr/ [US], /pɔː/ [UK] Audio: en-us-pore.ogg [US] Forms: pore [canonical], pores [third-person, singular], pored [past], pored [past, participle], poring [present, participle]
enPR: pôr [US], pô [UK] Head templates: {{verb|por|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you pore over something, you study it carefully and with great detail; you look at it many times.
    Sense id: simple-pore-en-verb-Qqipcd-X
  2. To meditate or reflect in a steady way.
    Sense id: simple-pore-en-verb-denE1BQy
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        "A tiny opening in the skin."
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "enpr": "pô",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɔː/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-pore.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophones": [
        "pour",
        "poor"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "pore"
}

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      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "tags": [
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        "UK"
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      "tags": [
        "US"
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    },
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        "pour",
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        "A tiny opening in the skin."
      ]
    },
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      ]
    }
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "enpr": "pô",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-pore.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      ]
    }
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    {
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        "usually with \"over\""
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "enpr": "pô",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-pore.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "homophones": [
        "pour",
        "poor"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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