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Noun: pore  por
  1. Any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid (fluid or gas)
     
  2. Any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animal
     
  3. A minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapour can pass
    - stoma, stomate
Verb: pore  por
  1. Hold attention and exert mental effort on something
    - concentrate, focus, center [US], centre [Brit, Cdn], rivet, pore over

Sounds like: par, por

Derived forms: poring, pores, pored

Type of: aperture, canal, cerebrate, channel, cogitate, duct, epithelial duct, hole, think

Part of: cutis, skin, tegument

Encyclopedia: Pore, Casanare