From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishporepore1 /pɔː $ pɔːr/ noun [countable] HBHone of the small holes in your skin that liquid, especially sweat, can pass through, or a similar hole in the surface of a plant
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pore• The neurotransmitter sticks to the receptor molecule, and together they are able to open a pore in the cell membrane.• There is one large pointed slightly rugose tentacle scale on each pore.• The adrenalin was amazing, the buzz palpable, the girls so close I could see every pore.• Every pore of his skin felt aware, as sensitive as it did after the luxury of a hot bath.• The first tentacle pore lacks are accompanying spine, the second to fourth have only one spine subsequent pores have two.• The second oral tentacle pore emerges superficially.• The tentacle pores are large and armed with two rounded or slightly elliptical tentacle scales.porepore2 verb → pore over something→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
pore• Aunt Bella sat at the table, poring over catalogues, surveying the accounts, calculating.• But the specimen he was now poring over held little mystery.• Ted said one day, poring over maps and guidebooks.• When Evan began poring over submarine books, we put them in a special basket near the living room sofa.• Amelia carried a plate of eggs and toast over to a man sitting in the back, poring through a newspaper.Origin pore1 (1300-1400) Old French Latin porus, from Greek poros “way through” pore2 (1200-1300) Origin unknown 