Pore : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Pore	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pore n any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid (fluid or gas) any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animal a minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass Synonym(s): stoma, stomate, pore v direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies" Synonym(s): concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pore \Pore\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Poring}.] [OE. poren, of uncertain origin; cf. D. porren to poke, thrust, Gael. purr.] 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.[bd]Painfully to pore upon a book.[b8] --Shak. The eye grows weary with poring perpetually on the same thing. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pore \Pore\, n. [F., fr. L. porus, Gr. [?] a passage, a pore. See {Fare}, v.] 1. One of the minute orifices in an animal or vegetable membrane, for transpiration, absorption, etc. 2. A minute opening or passageway; an interstice between the constituent particles or molecules of a body; as, the pores of stones.