Pore
[pɔː] or [pɔr]
Definition
(noun.) any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animal.
(noun.) any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid (fluid or gas).
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Definition
(v.) One of the minute orifices in an animal or vegetable membrane, for transpiration, absorption, etc.
(v.) A minute opening or passageway; an interstice between the constituent particles or molecules of a body; as, the pores of stones.
(v. i.) To look or gaze steadily in reading or studying; to fix the attention; to be absorbed; -- often with on or upon, and now usually with over.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Orifice, spiracle, small opening.
v. n. Brood, dwell, look steadily, fix the attention, give one's mind.
Inputed by Cathleen
Definition
v.i. to look with steady attention on: to study closely.—n. Pō′rer.
n. a minute passage in the skin for the perspiration: an opening between the molecules of a body.—adjs. Pō′ral of or pertaining to pores; Pō′riform in the form of a pore.—ns. Pō′riness Poros′ity Pō′rousness quality of being porous—opp. to Density.—adjs. Pō′rose containing pores; Pō′rous Pō′ry having pores: that can be penetrated by fluid.—adv. Pō′rously.
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Examples
- I make the schoolmaster so ridiculous, and so aware of being made ridiculous, that I see him chafe and fret at every pore when we cross one another. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- For the next five minutes I smoked at every pore, like a frame house that is on fire on the inside. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- As his glass swung toward us our hearts stopped in our breasts, and I could feel the cold sweat start from every pore in my body. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Other rocks, like limestone, are so readily soluble in water that from the small pores and cavities eaten out by the water, there may develop in long centuries, caves and caverns (Fig. 30). Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The buffing will hit the high spots but the proper process turns the minute edges, closes the pores and makes the silver hard and compact, vastly increasing the wearing quality. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The plant makes use of the carbon but it rejects the oxygen, which passes back into the atmosphere through the pores of the leaves. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The pieces of cork are flattened out by heat or by weights, and are slightly charred on the surface to close the pores. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Mr. Chadband, expressing a considerable amount of oil from the pores of his forehead and the palms of his hands, says aloud, Yes. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The pores of the wood are thus closed to the entrance of air and moisture, and decay is avoided. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- If impure water filters through charcoal, it emerges pure, having left its impurities in the pores of the charcoal. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Thus we came to Richard, poring over a table covered with dusty bundles of papers which seemed to me like dusty mirrors reflecting his own mind. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Long before he undertoo k the regular study of the law, he spent long hours poring ove r the revised statutes of the State in which he was living. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Clennam had been poring late over his books and letters; for the waiting-rooms of the Circumlocution Office ravaged his time sorely. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I found her often poring over the article of Greek intelligence in the newspaper. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I'm sure I am, echoed Amy, poring over the engraved copy of the Madonna and Child, which her mother had given her in a pretty frame. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- She approached her face to the palm, and pored over it without touching it. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- For twenty minutes he pored over them, when suddenly they commenced to take familiar though distorted shapes. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I pored over the poetry of old times; I studied the metaphysics of Plato and Berkeley. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He fell foul of him because men, instead of facing facts boldly, sat in rooms and pored over bad Latin translations of the master. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We have in vain pored over the leaves of Mr. Pickwick's note-book, in the hope of meeting with a general summary of these beautiful compositions. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
Checker: Melanie