1. Any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid (fluid or gas)
   "Sweat glistened on the pores of his skin"
    
2. Any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animal
   "Sweat is released through pores in the skin"
    
3. A minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapour can pass
   "The leaf's pores regulate gas exchange";
   - stoma, stomate

1. Hold attention and exert mental effort on something
   "The detective pored over the case files late into the night";
   - concentrate, focus, center [US], centre [Brit, Cdn], rivet, pore over

Sounds like: par, por

Derived forms: poring, pored, pores

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

Part of: cutis, skin, tegument

Encyclopedia: Pore, Casanare