pores

See also: -pores

English

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /pɔɹz/
  • (file)
  • Homophone: pours
  • Homophones: pause, paws (some accents)

Noun

pores

  1. plural of pore
    • 1879, Th Du Moncel, The Telephone, the Microphone and the Phonograph, Harper, page 166:
      He takes the prepared charcoal used by artists, brings it to a white heat, and suddenly plunges it in a bath of mercury, of which the globules instantly penetrate the pores of charcoal, and may be said to metallize it.

Verb

pores

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pore

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Danish

Noun

pores c

  1. genitive singular indefinite of pore

French

Noun

pores m

  1. plural of pore

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Galician

Alternative forms

Verb

pores

  1. second-person singular personal infinitive of pór

Portuguese

Verb

pores

  1. Second-person singular (tu) personal infinitive of pôr
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