pore

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You could see every pore and the clean clean makeup.

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Quick take

any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid (fluid or gas)

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of pore gathered in one view.

noun

any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid (fluid or gas)

noun

any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animal

noun

a minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for pore.

noun

any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid (fluid or gas)

noun

any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animal

noun

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"

See also: concentrate, focus, center, centre, rivet

Example sentences

You could see every pore and the clean clean makeup.

In fact, all pore fluids at these depths are quite concentrated brines.

After I remove the ice pack I use a deep pore cleanser lotion.

The "pore over" double meaning is clever though.

So, it's not like we necessarily have to pore through notebooks and quips of dead people, guessing at their mental states.

One day, we'll all be able to pore over our anyone's emails from the last 10 years from an NSA data leak posted on Piratebay.

Others pore over every word, agonizing for possibly days on end.

Knowing that someone you look up to will pore over every line of code encourages you to get both the big picture and the details right.

The pore size is very slightly bigger than a single water molecule, and smaller than a single sodium ion.

My lawyers will then pore over those records and file an amended complaint that makes maximum use of your information against you.

"This is good follow on work to other micropore work with graphene but as far as I can tell its just a simulation which points to areas that might lead to useful products.

Anyone who's not a member of $regional_cultural_majority is relatively better off having you evaluate their work history and skillset than they are in trusting you to pore over their Facebook feed.

"In their simulations, the scientists strengthened the nanopores by passivating, or shielding, each carbon atom at the pore edge with either hydrogen atoms or hydroxyl groups.

Presumably they make similar announcements for many new hires, although I have to wonder if those are illustrated by such pore-stretchingly enormous head photos.