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pore

12 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) pore (verb)
  2. 2) pore (noun)
  3. pore canal (noun)
  4. pore fungus (noun)
  5. pore multiple (noun)
  6. pore-plate (noun)
  7. abdominal pore (noun)
  8. dermal pore (noun)
  9. dorsal pore (noun)
  10. germ pore (noun)
  11. sense pore (noun)
  12. water pore (noun)

1pore

verb \ˈpȯr\
poredpor·ing

Definition of PORE

intransitive verb
1
: to gaze intently
2
: to read or study attentively —usually used with over
3
: to reflect or meditate steadily
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Origin of PORE

Middle English pouren
First Known Use: 13th century

Rhymes with PORE

boar, Boer, bore, chore, cor, core, corps, crore, door, floor, for, fore, four, frore, gore, Gore, hoar, lore, mor, more, nor, o'er, oar, or, ore, poor, pour, roar, score, shore, snore, soar, sore, splore, spoor, spore, store, Thor, tor, torr, war, whore, yore, your

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