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Definition: Pore |
PoreNoun1. 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. Verb1. Focus one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "pore" was first used: sometime in the mid-14th century. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Food & Agriculture | A term of convenience for the cross-section of a vessel or of a vascular tracheid. Source: European Union. (references) |
Metallurgy | Small-size solution of continuity in a solid, such as the interstices in a granular solid or cells formed by foaming. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A space in rock or soil not occupied by solid mineral matter.Syn:interstice; void. (references) |
Science | A small opening. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: PoreSynonyms: stoma (n), center (v), centre (v), concentrate (v), focus (v), rivet (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Attention | Examine, examine closely, examine intently; scan, scrutinize, consider; give one's mind to, bend one's mind to; overhaul, revise, pore over; inspect, review, pass under review; take stock of; fix the eye on, rivet attention on, fix attention on, devote the eye to, fix the mind on, devote the thoughts to; hear out, think out; mind one's business. |
Conduit | Noun: conduit, channel, duct, watercourse, race; head race, tail race; abito, aboideau, aboiteau, bito; acequia, acequiador, acequiamadre; arroyo; adit, aqueduct, canal, trough, gutter, pantile; flume, ingate, runner; lock-weir, tedge; vena; dike, main, gully, moat, ditch, drain, sewer, culvert, cloaca, sough, kennel, siphon; piscina; pipe. (tube); funnel; tunnel. (passage); water pipe, waste pipe; emunctory, gully hole, artery, aorta, pore, spout, scupper; adjutage, ajutage; hose; gargoyle; gurgoyle; penstock, weir; flood gate, water gate; sluice, lock, valve; rose; waterworks. |
Egress | Outlet, vent, spout, tap, sluice, floodgate; pore; vomitory, outgate, sally port; way out; mouth, door; (opening); path; (way); conduit; airpipe. |
Learning | Read, spell, peruse; con over, pore over, thumb over; wade through; dip into; run the eye over, run the eye through; turn over the leaves. |
Opening | Bore, caliber; pore; blind orifice; fulgurite, |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Consumer Goods | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Filters of smaller pore size are not indicated. (references) | |
Reverse-osmosis filters work against Crypto whether they have been tested by NSF or not. Many other filters not tested by NSF also work if they have an absolute pore size of 1 micron or smaller. (references) | ||
Reverse osmosis filters work against crypto whether they have been tested by NSF or not. Many other filters not tested by NSF also work if they have an absolute pore size of 1 micron or smaller. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Pore" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 94.14% of the time. "Pore" is used about 239 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 94.14% | 225 | 20,080 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 2.93% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 2.93% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Total | 100.00% | 239 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "pore" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Pore | Last name | 130 | 68,994 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "pore": Nuclear Pore ♦ pore fungus ♦ pore mushroom ♦ pore mushrum ♦ pore on ♦ pore over ♦ pore over one's books ♦ pore upon ♦ radial pore multiple ♦ water pore. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "pore": pore-canal, pore-canals, pore-saturating, pore-scouringly, pore-space. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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Albanian | pore, zhytem (dip, dive, go under, merge, sink, soak, wallow), vrimëz (pinhole), vështroj ngultas (gaze, gloat), meditoj (contemplate, meditate, speculate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تأمل طويلا, سم (bane, damp, poison, venom), إستغرق في القراءة, درس عن قرب. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | чета внимателно, шупла (hole, knot, nipple, pipe, piping), обмислям (agitate, bethink, cogitate, consider, debate, deliberate, digest, meditate, mull, ponder, reason, revolve, speculate, study, think about, think out, think over, turn over in one's mind), мисля (deliberate, figure, guess, imagine, opine, puzzle, puzzle over, reason, reckon, repute, see, suppose, think, ween, weigh), задълбочавам се (delve, dive, immerse), пора (stigma), дупка (cavity, chamber, delve, dump, earth, gap, hole, hutch, leak, mesh, opening, perforation, pit, rent, scoop, tear, vent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 毛", 毛 (fur, hair). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | pór, hloubat (speculate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | pore (pit, pit-pair, pitting, void). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | porie (pinhole, pores), poriën (pores), holte (cave, cavern, cavity, den). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | منفذ (Bore, Vent), سوراخ ریز (Interstice), خلل وفرج , روزنه (Aperture, Hatch, Loophole, Orifice, Outlet, Peep, Peephole, Scuttle, Window), دردریای تفکرغوطه ورشدن , بادقت دیدن . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | huokonen (interstice, pit, pitting, pores, void). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | pore. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Pore (fisheye, pin holes, pinhole). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πόρος (hiatus, inlet, interstice, interstitium, narrows, pinhole). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | חור (aperture, bore, cavity, hole, socket), קבובית, קב (bore, hole, hollow, orifice, puncture). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | pórus (interstice), likacs (interstice). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | pori-pori. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | poro (vessel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 細" . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | さい"う (crushing ore, highest, lighting, mining, reconsideration, reinvestigation, restoration, resuscitation, revival, second proof, supreme, the most). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 숨구멍. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | sooillag (eyelet, grummet, lens, loophole, optic), doral (aperture, perforation, pinhole, puncture). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | orepay poro (blowhole, gas pocket, holiday 2) bare spot, skipping, starvation, starving out, uncoated area, void). (various references) por. (various references) пора (it is time to go, season, time). (various references) pòr (pore of the skin, race, seed, spore). (various references) pora, pažljivo gledati. (various references) poro (pinhole). (various references) por (pinhole, pit, pitting), stirra (gaw, gawp, gaze, gloat, Ogle, peer, stare). (various references) konsantre olmak (center, centre, concentrate, pore over, rivet), iyice düşünmek (ponder, worry out), gözenek (stigma, stoma), gözünü dikmek (fasten, fix, gaze, gaze at, gaze on, gaze upon, pore over, stare), dikkat kesilmek, dalmak (barge, bathe, be absorbed in, be lost in thought, be wraped up in, bounce, break, break into, conk, contemplate, cut into, dip, dive, drop, drowse off, duck, engross, groove, jut into, lose oneself in, meditate, muse, nip in, pitch into, plummet, plunge, pore over, rush in, rush into, sail in, sink, sink into), düşünüp taşınmak (calculate, chew, cogitate, cogitate over, debate, debate with oneself, look round, mull over, ponder, ponder over, reason, reason out, reflect, revolve, ruminate, think over, turn over, turn over in one's mind, weigh, worry out). (various references) свердловина (bore, chink, well), міркувати (brood over, cogitate, contemplate, deliberate, descant, dwell, excogitate, meditate, peruse, ratiocinate, reason, speculate), зосереджено вивчати, пора (date, day, osculum, ostiole, season). (various references) lỗ chân lông. (various references) chwystwll. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | poros. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | porus, vena, venae, venam, venarum, venas, venis. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Matthew Chapter 26, Verse 9 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Hdunato gar touto to muron praqhnai pollou kai doqhnai ptwcoiV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Potuit enim istud venundari multo et dari pauperibus |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | þis mihte beon ge-seald to mycele wurðe.& þearfen ge-dæled. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And be youun to pore men. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | This oyntmet myght have bene well solde and geven to the povre. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | For we might have got much money for this and given it to the poor. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Matthew Chapter 26, Verse 9 |
| Cebuano | Kay kini ikabaligya baya untag dakung bili, ug ang halin ikahatag ngadto sa mga kabus." |
| Croatian | Moglo se to skupo prodati i dati siromasima." |
| Danish | Dette kunde jo være solgt til en høj Pris og være givet til fattige." |
| Dutch | Want deze zalf had kunnen duur verkocht, en de penningen den armen gegeven worden. |
| Finnish | Olisihan sen voinut myydä kalliista hinnasta ja antaa rahat köyhille." |
| French | On aurait pu vendre ce parfum très cher, et en donner le prix aux pauvres. |
| German | Dieses Wasser hätte mögen teuer verkauft und den Armen gegeben werden. |
| Hungarian | Mert eladhatták volna ezt a kenetet nagy áron, és adhatták volna a szegényeknek. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | "Minyak wangi itu dapat dijual dengan harga yang tinggi, dan uangnya diberikan kepada orang miskin!" |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Karena minyak ini boleh laku dijual dengan mahal harganya, disedekahkan kepada orang miskin." |
| Italian | Lo si poteva vendere a caro prezzo per darlo ai poveri!». |
| Latvian | Jo varçja to dârgi pârdot un naudu izdalît trûcîgajiem. |
| Manx Gaelic | Son oddagh yn ooil shoh v'er ny ve creckit son mooarane, as er ny choyrt da ny boghtyn. |
| Maori | He nui hoki te utu me i hokona tenei hinu kakara, ka hoatu ki te hunga rawakore. |
| Norwegian | Dette kunde jo være solgt for mange penger og gitt til de fattige. |
| Portuguese | Pois este bálsamo podia ser vendido por muito dinheiro, que se daria aos pobres. |
| Rumanian | Mirul acesta s`ar fi putut vinde foarte scump, wi banii sq se dea sqracilor.`` |
| Shuar | Antsu ti kuitjai suruk shuar Kuítrincha ainia nuna Yáitskesha" tiarmiayi. |
| Spanish | Porque esto podría haberse vendido a un gran precio y haberse dado a los pobres. |
| Swahili | Marashi haya yangaliweza kuuzwa kwa bei kubwa, maskini wakapewa hizo fedha." |
| Swedish | Man hade ju kunnat sälja det för mycket penningar och giva dessa åt de fattiga." |
| Uma | Ke agina rapobalu' lau bona oli-na rawai' -raka tokabu." |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "pore": pored, pores. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "pore": aeciospore, arthrospore, ascospore, basidiospore, blastopore, blastospore, carpospore, chlamydospore, diaspore, endospore, exospore, extempore, gonopore, madrepore, megaspore, micropore, microspore, oospore, polypore, spore, teleutospore, teliospore, tetraspore, urediniospore, urediospore, uredospore, zoospore, zygospore. (additional references) | |
Words containing "pore": aeciospores, arthrospores, ascospores, basidiospores, blastopores, blastospores, camporee, camporees, carpospores, chlamydospores, corporeal, corporealities, corporeality, corporeally, corporealness, corporealnesses, corporeities, corporeity, diaspores, endospores, exospores, extracorporeal, extracorporeally, gonopores, incorporeal, incorporeally, incorporeities, incorporeity, madrepores, megaspores, micropores, microspores, oospores, polypores, spored, spores, teleutospores, teliospores, tetraspores, urediniospores, urediospores, uredospores, vapored, vaporer, vaporers, vaporetti, vaporetto, vaporettos, zoospores, zygospores. (additional references) | |
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"Pore" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: opare, oper, opire, opr, opra, opre, oprey, opry, pareb, pareo, pareu, parre, Perre, perree, Pforr, phor, phore, phorrr, pire, plore, plorer, plra, Plru, pnre, poar, poare, Poari, pobe, Pobee, pobr, poce, pode, poee, poer, poge, poie, poire, poireau, poje, Pokrov, pome, pomr, poore, poori, poove, por, pora, Porac, poral, Poraz, porc, porce, Porden, Poreba, Porec, porel, Poret, porex, porg, pori, porke, Porlea, porm, porne, poro, porq, porr, porra, porre, Porro, Pote, poure, pouri, Pourpe, pouru, pove, povre, powe, Powrie, poxe, Ppru, preo, proa, proe, proie, proje, prope, propex, psora, Puer, pura, purew, purra. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "pore" (pronounced pô"r) |
| 3 | p ô" r | outpour, pour, rapport, spore. |
| 2 | -ô" r | abhor, adore, antiwar, anymore, ashore, before, boar, bore, chore, cor, core, corps, decor, deplore, door, Dore, Dorr, drawer, explore, floor, for, fore, four, galore, Gore, guarantor, hardcore, heretofore, Hoar, ignore, implore, inshore, lore, Mor, more, nor, oar, offshore, or, ore, outscore, postwar, prewar, restore, roar, score, Senor, shore, snore, soar, sore, store, swore, tor, tore, Torr, underscore, war, whore, wore, yore, your. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: repo, rope. | |
| Words within the letters "e-o-p-r" | |
-1 letter: ope, ore, per, pro, rep, roe. | |
-2 letters: er, oe, op, or, pe, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-o-p-r" | |
+1 letter: coper, doper, ephor, grope, hoper, loper, moper, opera, pareo, pedro, poker, poler, pored, pores, poser, power, probe, proem, prole, prone, prose, prove, rebop, repos, repot, repro, roped, roper, ropes, ropey, spore, toper, trope. | |
+2 letters: bopper, cooper, copers, copier, copper, copter, corpse, crepon, croupe, deport, dopers, dopier, dorper, eloper, ephori, ephors, export, gopher, groped, groper, gropes, hooper, hopers, hopper, looper, lopers, lopper, mopers, mopery, mopier, mopper, opener, operas, operon, orpine, osprey, pareos, parole, pedros, pereon, period, peroxy, perron, person, petrol, plexor, plover, plower, poetry, poiser, pokers, pokier, polder, polers, poller, ponder, poorer, popery, popper, porker, porose, ported, porter, posers, poseur, posher, poster, pother, potter, potzer, poured, pourer, pouter, powder, powers, powter, presto, pretor, probed, prober, probes, proems, projet, proleg, proles, propel, proper, prosed, proser, proses, protea, protei, proved, proven, prover, proves, prower, pyrone, pyrope, rebops, recopy, recoup, redtop, reopen, replot, repoll, report, repose, repots, repour, repros, respot, romped, romper, ropers, ropery, ropier, rouped, roupet, sloper, soaper, splore, spored, spores, stoper, thorpe, topers, topper, trompe, tropes, troupe, upbore, uphroe, uprose, uptore. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 6F 72 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. --- .-. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01101111 01110010 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P o r e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 006F 0072 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)50818471 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Names: Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Translations: Ancient 12. Bible Trace | 13. Derivations 14. Rhymes 15. Anagrams 16. Orthography | 17. Bibliography |
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