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pore ~ pour
[the same pronunciation, as in ‘pore’ that rhymes with “door”]
“Pore”, as a noun, is ‘very small openings (holes), especially in the skin of human or animals, and on the back of some leaves, through which liquids, usually waste liquid (sweat), passes out’; as verb, it is ‘(usually with the preposition‘over’) to examine or study something such as a printed or written matter with close, careful attention’
numerous pores on the underside of a leaf
e.g.
Bathing helps to keep the pores in our skin clean so that sweat may pass freely and our body stays healthy and odourless.
Water held in an earthen pot stays cool in summer because of the pores in the pot.
a person pores over a book for information
She pored over that old book she had found in the attic for a whole week. [i.e. she read that book carefully and with a lot of interest]
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“Pour” (verb) is ‘to flow (some liquid) in a continuous and rapid way; (of some liquid) come freely and continuously out of something; (of people) to go or come out (or rush out all together) in large numbers; (of rain) to come down heavily and continuously’,
to pour wine into a wine glass
e.g.
She poured another cup of tea for me.
When the clock struck five in the evening, the employees poured out of their offices.
You can’t go out for a drink when it’s pouring with rain like this!
(It’s pouring with rain!)
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