pore

[pawr, pohr] / pɔr, poʊr /

NOUN

small aperture in skin

Synonyms

STRONG

foramen opening orifice outlet stoma vesicle

WEAK

sweat gland

VERB

go over carefully

Synonyms

STRONG

brood contemplate examine muse peruse ponder read regard scan scrutinize study

WEAK

dwell on look over

Antonyms

STRONG

disregard forget ignore look away neglect

WEAK

flip through scan

Example Sentences

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As a result, friction is reduced and ions can pass through the pore more smoothly.

From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026

AFP was granted a look inside the global organisation's multi-pronged cybercrime facility, where specialists pore through massive amounts of data in a bid to prevent the next big ransomware attack or impersonation scam.

From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026

This torque travels along the strand, causing sections outside the pore to coil into plectonemes.

From Science Daily • Feb. 9, 2026

USC, which received 83,500 applications in the last undergraduate admissions cycle, has dozens of full-time readers who work tens of thousands of hours to pore over grades, essays and other application elements.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2026

Every pore of his body screamed in protest: The very air in his lungs seemed to freeze solid as he was submerged to his shoulders in the frozen water.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling