Found 3 items, similar to Pore.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: pore pori-pori
English → English (WordNet) Definition: pore pore n 1: 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 through which gases and water vapor can pass [syn: stoma, stomate] v : direct one's attention on something; “Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies” [syn: concentrate, focus, center, centre, rivet]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Pore Pore \Pore\, n. [F., fr. L. porus, Gr. ? a passage, a pore. See Fare, v.] 1. One of the minute orifices in an animal or vegetable membrane, for transpiration, absorption, etc. [1913 Webster] 2. A minute opening or passageway; an interstice between the constituent particles or molecules of a body; as, the pores of stones. [1913 Webster] Pore \Pore\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pored; p. pr. & vb. n. Poring.] [OE. poren, of uncertain origin; cf. D. porren to poke, thrust, Gael. purr.] To look or gaze steadily in reading or studying; to fix the attention; to be absorbed; -- often with on or upon, and now usually with over.“Painfully to pore upon a book.” --Shak. [1913 Webster] The eye grows weary with poring perpetually on the same thing. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]