pore or pour
When used as a verb, “pore” has the unusual sense of “scrutinize,” as in “She pored over her receipts.” If it’s coffee or rain, the stuff pours.
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Definitions
- n any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid (fluid or gas)
- n any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animal
- n a minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass
- v direct one's attention on something
- v cause to run
pour water over the floor - v move in large numbers
people were pouring out of the theater - v pour out
- v flow in a spurt
Water poured all over the floor - v supply in large amounts or quantities
We poured money into the education of our children - v rain heavily
Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!
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