pore
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definition
verb
Heather spent hours poring over cookbooks
be absorbed in the reading or study of.
noun
Stomata are minute pores in the surface of leaves through which water vapor and gases, including carbon dioxide, pass.
a minute opening in a surface, especially the skin or integument of an organism, through which gases, liquids, or microscopic particles can pass.
example
The sebum flows through a narrow follicular canal or duct and empties onto the surface of the skin through a 'pore' or opening.
If the opening of the skin 'pore' is sealed off from air, the result is a whitehead.
Mick Wilson suggests a strategy of active reading that means 'poring over' material three times.
Why, after a few hours 'poring through' recent news reports I have become deeply afraid of how really gosh darn-dead you're gonna get if you don't drink more.
After hours 'poring over' the documents I think it entirely justifiable to argue that one man acted as an agent provocateur.
Once back home, he'd spend hours in his room 'poring over' those recordings.
Each bird that appeared was a challenge to name; I studied them thoroughly and 'pored over' my field guides.
It is a kind of reading that invites 'poring over' the visual to ponder spatial and material decisions.
Despite his age, Greenspan is still said to be enthralled by the statistics over which he has 'pored' for many years.
Stomata are minute 'pores' in the surface of leaves through which water vapor and gases, including carbon dioxide, pass.
They watched the video on a large screen and spent hours 'poring over' every detail.
She indulged his taste for draughtsmanship - the two 'pored' together for hours over architectural drawings.
In my house, as in many other households, there was a multivolume pictorial history of the war, over which I 'pored' for entire mornings or afternoons, until I knew every picture by heart.
They have 'pored through' studies conducted over 85 years of psychological research.
I remember spending hours in the library 'poring over' orders of the Court.
It is also noteworthy that the cell surfaces are pocked with 'pores' which pass to the interior.
Brian and his wife Theresa have spend endless hours 'poring through' this vast accumulation of negatives before eventually settling on the photographs that they would use in the exhibition.
Drea was 'poring' silently over the books around her.
These were the studies that Nathan 'pored through' , experimenting with different food combinations, monitoring his blood chemistry and keeping detailed records of his findings.
Skin cleansing products help remove dirt and germs from the skin surface and 'pores' .
Some years ago, while 'poring' among the items on offer at a stoop sale in Brooklyn, I came across a copy of the thirteenth printing of The Great Crash by John Kenneth Galbraith.
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