pore

Plural: pores

Noun

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
A tiny opening in the skin.
By extension any small opening or interstice, especially one of many, or one allowing the passage of a fluid.

Verb

Verb Forms: pored, poring, pores

To read or study intently, often with deep concentration.
direct one's attention on something
To study meticulously; to go over again and again.
To meditate or reflect in a steady way.

Examples

He would pore over his rack, searching for the perfect seven-letter word.
I could sense the sweat dripping out of all my pores.
the pores of a rock.

Origin / Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

center, centre, concentrate, focus, rivet, stoma, stomate, sweat hole

Scrabble Score: 6

pore: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
pore: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
pore: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

pore: valid Words With Friends Word