pore

Meaning

Noun

1. A tiny opening in the skin.
2. By extension any small opening or interstice, especially one of many, or one allowing the passage of a fluid.

Verb

1. To study meticulously; to go over again and again.
2. To meditate or reflect in a steady way.

Synonyms

stoma

hole

🕳️

stomate

opening

rivet

centre

concentrate

center

focus

fumarole

immerse

interstice

orifice

pinhole

pit

plunge

port

resource

spiracle

vent

ventage

vesicle

void

well

consider carefully

crack

fine mesh

blow hole

pore space

gas porosity

gas cavity

gas hole

gaping place

apertura

apertuer gap

absorb

chip pocket

aperture

apply

cavity

chink

engross

eruption

eye

👁️

foramen

Translations

pore

πόρος

Pore

poro

poro

poro

porus

gözenek

porie

mesame

bûcher

por

😨

on

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɔɹ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: pore

Cognate with Old English: spyrian

Cognate with Middle Dutch: poren

Cognate with Dutch: porren

Cognate with Low German: purren

Cognate with Danish: purre

Cognate with Swedish: pora

Cognate with Old English: spor

Cognate with Middle English: puren

In summary

From Middle English pore, from Old French pore, from Latin porus, from Ancient Greek πόρος (póros, “passage”). Displaced native English sweat hole from Middle English swet hole, which might have been a reformation of Old English swātþȳrel (literally “sweat hole”), which competed with līcþēote (literally “body pipe”).