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pored

pored is the simple past and past participle of pore.

Meaning of pore

Verb

pore (third-person singular simple present pores, present participle poring, simple past and past participle pored)

  1. To study meticulously; to go over again and again.
    • Yet each foreign post day she watched for the arrival of letters - knew the postmark, and watched me as I read. I found her often poring over the articles of Greek intelligence in the newspaper.1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter X, in The Last Man. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC
  2. To meditate or reflect in a steady way.

See all 4 meanings of pore

Adjective

pored (comparative more pored, superlative most pored)

  1. Having or furnished with pores
    • Lateral line. A sense organ in a pored tube along the side of the body that detects movement, low frequency vibrations, and temperature changes.2018, Brian W. Coad, James D. Reist, Marine Fishes of Arctic Canada, page 579

Forms of pored

comparativemore pored
superlativemost pored

Origin of pored

From pore + -ed.

Words formed from pored

Phrases with pored

Questions about pored

What does pored mean?
Pored means having or furnished with pores.
What is pored the simple past and past participle of?
Pored is the simple past and past participle of pore.
What part of speech is pored?
Pored is an adjective.

Words near pored in the dictionary

  1. pore water pressure
  2. pore water pressures
  3. poreblind
  4. Porebski
  5. Porebskis
  6. pored
  7. pored over
  8. porefield
  9. porefields
  10. poreless
  11. porelessness

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