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poring

poring is the present participle and gerund 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

Noun

poring (plural porings)

  1. The act of one who pores.
    • During my porings over a volume of the former for 1794, I fell upon a paragraph which caused such a sudden perturbation in my whole appearance, as to excite the curiosity of the surgeon[…]1833, Oliver Moore, The Staff Officer: Or, the Soldier of Fortune

Forms of poring

pluralporings

Phrases with poring

Questions about poring

What does poring mean?
Poring means the act of one who pores.
What is poring the present participle and gerund of?
Poring is the present participle and gerund of pore.
What part of speech is poring?
Poring is a noun.
What is the plural of poring?
The plural of poring is porings.

Words near poring in the dictionary

  1. porin
  2. porine
  3. porines
  4. poriness
  5. porinflammatory
  6. poring
  7. poring over
  8. poringly
  9. porings
  10. porins
  11. poriomania

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