PORE


Meaning of PORE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ pɔ:(r) ]

( pores, poring, pored)

1.

Your pores are the tiny holes in your skin.

The size of your pores is determined by the amount of oil they produce.

N-COUNT : usu pl

2.

The pores of a plant are the tiny holes on its surface.

A plant’s lungs are the microscopic pores in its leaves.

N-COUNT : usu pl

3.

If you pore over or through information, you look at it and study it very carefully.

We spent hours poring over travel brochures...

VERB : V over/through n

4.

You can say that someone has a certain quality or emotion coming from every pore to emphasize the strength of that quality or emotion.

She oozes sexuality from every pore...

PHRASE [ emphasis ]

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне.