pore
IPA: pˈɔr
noun
- 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
- To study meticulously; to go over again and again.
- To meditate or reflect in a steady way.
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Examples of "pore" in Sentences
- This blocks the entrance to the pore.
- The investigators pore over the house.
- Acne is caused by blockage of the pores.
- The genital pore is visible behind the penis.
- Eye-opening prose resulting in pore-cleansing laughs!
- A pimple is a result of a blockage of the skin's pore.
- Porosity is a measure of the total pore space in the soil.
- The stoma are bordered by guard cells that open and close the pore.
- The pore space of the soil is essential for the soil to become productive.
- Due to the decrease in pore space, the original connate fluids are expelled.
- It can open up the pores, allow the pores to expel their sebum and reduce acne.
- That Scotland bleeds at every pore is true; but let peace be our aim, and we shall heal all her wounds.
- The diameter of the pore is so small that it corresponds to that of a single ion (0. 5-0.6 millionths of a millimetre).
- First you've got to be very lucky that the passive pore is the right size to be a precusor for the coupling and the whip.
- "Pore beggar -- oh pore, _pore_ beggar!" said Alf, leaning in on one side of him, while Pinewood blocked him on the other.
- Jonathan Mostow: Certainly Blu-Ray has raised the bar for makeup because high-def shows every facial imperfection, skin pore, etc.
- Here on the equator (S'pore is one degree north of the equator), the effects of global warming won't be nearly as severe as they will be, insha'allah, in the US or Europe.
- S'pore is filled with stray cats, but instead of letting HDB residents keep the cats that they care for in their flats (cats are frequently fed by compasionate people), the gov't would rather cull those they find.
- Because the dimensions of the lipid bilayer and the alpha-hemolysin pore, as well as the required amount of electrical current, are at the nanoscale level, the "single-molecule mass spectrometry" technology may one day be incorporated into "lab-on-a-chip" molecular analyzers and single-strand DNA sequencers.