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pores (over)

verb , present tense third-person singular of pore (over)

Synonyms and Antonyms of pores (over)

1 to give serious and careful thought to

the committee will probably pore over the results of the study for a long time before making their decision

Synonyms of pores (over)

chews over, cogitates, considers, contemplates, debates, deliberates, entertains, eyes, kicks around, meditates, mulls (over), perpends, ponders, questions, revolves, ruminates, studies, thinks (about or over), turns, weighs, wrestles (with)

Words Related to pores (over)

muses (upon), reflects (on or upon), reminisces

analyzes, explores, reviews

concludes, reasons

second-guesses, speculates (about)

broods (about or over), dwells (on or upon), fixates (on or upon), frets (about or over), obsesses (about or over)

believes, conceives, opines

absorbs, assimilates, digests, drinks (in)

Phrases Synonymous with pores (over)

beats one's brains out (about), chews on, cudgels one's brains (about), looks at

Near Antonyms of pores (over)

disregards, ignores, overlooks, slights

dismisses, pooh-poohs (also poohs), rejects

2 to go over and mentally take in the content of

he pored over the textbook for hours in preparation for the test

Synonyms of pores (over)

Words Related to pores (over)

browses, dips (into), leafs (through), scans, skims, speed-reads, thumbs (through), turns over

devours, gobbles (up)

slogs (through), wades (through)

reviews, studies

apprehends, comprehends, gets, grasps, makes, makes out, perceives, sees, tumbles (to), understands

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spoonerism

transposition of initial sounds of words