pore over something
1pore over something — pore over (something) to look at and carefully study a document. She spends a lot of time poring over the historical records of the church …
2pore over something — ˈpore over sth derived to look at or read sth very carefully Syn: ↑examine • His lawyers are poring over the small print in the contract. Main entry: ↑porederived …
3pore over — ˈpore ˌover [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they pore over he/she/it pores over present participle poring over …
4pore over — (something) to look at and carefully study a document. She spends a lot of time poring over the historical records of the church …
5pore over — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms pore over : present tense I/you/we/they pore over he/she/it pores over present participle poring over past tense pored over past participle pored over pore over something to examine or read something very… …
6ˈpore ˌover sth — phrasal verb to examine or read something very carefully and in a lot of detail Ben was poring over computer printouts with an engineer.[/ex] …
7pore over — verb to examine something (especially written material) carefully and attentively …
8pore — pore1 [ pɔr ] noun count one of the very small holes in your skin that SWEAT can pass through a. a very small hole in the surface of a plant from every pore used for emphasizing that someone has a very strong feeling that they cannot hide: Anger… …
9pore - pour — These words are both pronounced . ◊ pore A pore is a small hole in the skin of a person or animal. There was dirt in the pores around his nose. ◊ pore over If you pore over something such as a piece of writing or a map, you examine it carefully.… …
10pore — pore, pour The verb pore means ‘to think closely about (a subject)’ and is chiefly used in the phrasal verb to pore over (a book etc.). It is sometimes mistakenly written as pour, perhaps by false analogy with ‘pouring attention’ over something …
