to pore

Examples

• All

• The detective had to pore over the case files multiple times to find the slightest clue.

• Jeremy Bockman sat in the rare book room of the university library, poring over Birds of America.

  Fiction book (1997)

• How many thousands of records did you have to pore through to find 12 or 13 that support your case?

  Oculus (2014)

• There are three other men at this table that have pored over every aspect--

  Travelling Salesman (2012)

• Our best analysts poring over data for years looking for the guy, and they could never quite find him.

  Breach (2007)

• "I haven't been hungry lately, Jess," he said and went in to pore through his records.

  Fiction book (1990)

• He'd spend hours poring over the things that she had found.

  Mortal Engines (2018)

• I remember spending many an hour in the local public library poring over Time-Life books.

  Academic text (2010)

• I want everyone to pore over the witness list, review all the depositions, re-prepare all the witnesses if you have to.

  Roman Holiday (1953)

• We were here with forensic accountants for weeks, poring over the register logs and receipts.

  Logan Lucky (2017)

Synonyms

C

to concentrate

vsto pore

561 3.4

To give all your attention to one thing

specifies careful, attentive reading rather than general mental focus

L

to look through

vsto pore

180 2.8

To read or check something carefully for mistakes

implies longer, more absorbed attention than a quick review

P

to peer

vsto pore

149 4.1

To look closely at something that is hard to see

involves long, focused study rather than brief close glances

P

to peruse

vsto pore

32 7.0

To read something slowly and carefully to understand it

stresses prolonged attention rather than detailed thoroughness

P

to pore over

vsto pore

28 5.5

To study things like books or papers carefully to find information

emphasizes long, very attentive looking rather than seeking information

E

to eyeball

vsto pore

• Informal

23 3.6

To look at someone or something closely and directly

means careful, sustained attention rather than a quick noticeable look

Antonyms

I

to ignore

∞ 1.0

Choose not to pay attention to someone or something

S

to skim

1 2.7

Read something quickly without looking at details

Phrasal Verbs

P

to pore over

28 5.5

To study things like books or papers carefully to find information

Compounds

G

germ pore

• Specialized

9.3

A small hole in a spore or pollen grain where a tube grows out

P

pore clogging ingredient

6.7

An ingredient in skin products that can block pores and cause acne

P

pore fungus

• Specialized

9.1

A kind of mushroom that grows on dead wood and has a pore-covered surface that releases spores

P

pore mushroom

• Specialized

9.5

A woody mushroom with many small tubes or holes under it that hold spores

W

water pore

• Specialized

7.5

A small opening on the edge of a leaf that lets water come out

How Careful

to scrutinize

• US

70 6.2

to pore

33 7.2

study

353 1.1

to read

∞ 1.8

to skim

1 2.7

to glance

299 1.5

Surface Forms

Etymology