pore over (verb)

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• pore over — ˈpore ˌover [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they pore over he/she/it pores over present participle poring over …   Useful english dictionary

• pore over — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms pore over : present tense I/you/we/they pore over he/she/it pores over present participle poring over past tense pored over past participle pored over pore over something to examine or read something very… …   English dictionary

• pore over — verb to examine something (especially written material) carefully and attentively …   Wiktionary

• ˈpore ˌover sth — phrasal verb to examine or read something very carefully and in a lot of detail Ben was poring over computer printouts with an engineer.[/ex] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• pore — pore, pour The verb pore means ‘to think closely about (a subject)’ and is chiefly used in the phrasal verb to pore over (a book etc.). It is sometimes mistakenly written as pour, perhaps by false analogy with ‘pouring attention’ over something …   Modern English usage

• pore — Ⅰ. pore [1] ► NOUN ▪ a minute opening in the skin or other surface through which gases, liquids, or microscopic particles may pass. ORIGIN Greek poros passage, pore . Ⅱ. pore [2] ► VERB 1) ( …   English terms dictionary

• pore — pore1 [ pɔr ] noun count one of the very small holes in your skin that SWEAT can pass through a. a very small hole in the surface of a plant from every pore used for emphasizing that someone has a very strong feeling that they cannot hide: Anger… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• pore — [[t]pɔ͟ː(r)[/t]] pores, poring, pored 1) N COUNT: usu pl Your pores are the tiny holes in your skin. The size of your pores is determined by the amount of oil they produce. 2) N COUNT: usu pl The pores of a plant are the tiny holes on its surface …   English dictionary

• pore — pore1 noun a minute opening in the skin or other surface through which gases, liquids, or microscopic particles may pass. Origin ME: from OFr., via L. from Gk poros passage, pore . pore2 verb 1》 (pore over/through) be absorbed in the reading or… …   English new terms dictionary

• pore — pore1 [po: US po:r] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: Latin porus, from Greek poros way through ] one of the small holes in your skin that liquid, especially ↑sweat, can pass through, or a similar hole in the surface of a plant pore 2… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• pore — I UK [pɔː(r)] / US [pɔr] noun [countable] Word forms pore : singular pore plural pores a) one of the very small holes in your skin that sweat can pass through b) a very small hole in the surface of a plant • from every pore II UK [pɔː(r)] / US… …   English dictionary