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Added 9 October 2026

pore

/pɔː(ɹ)/ noun

Latin root: porus Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about pore at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid (fluid or gas).
Any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animal.
A minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass.

verb

Direct one's attention on something.
Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies

Origin

From Middle English pore, from Old French pore, from Latin porus, from Ancient Greek πόρος (póros, “passage”). Displaced native English sweat hole from Middle English swet hole, which might have been a reformation of Old English swātþȳrel (literally “sweat hole”), which competed with līcþēote (literally “body pipe”).

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