One reason this word trips us up is that both pour and pore are often followed by over. Its what you do, for example, with milk to a bowl of cereal. But in this case it probably helps to think literally. The addition of reinforcing steel to either wall system complicates the issue. Nancy pores over her klingon textbook the night before the big test this is an idiom that confuses many. Over this time period, the first concrete pour has not only lost workability but has started to set so that it is no longer affected by the action of a vibrator. The dermatologist pored over the poor kids pores after pouring himself a bowl of porridge. There are certain books that beg to be reread again and again throughout your life.
Pore is used with over or through and means be absorbed in reading something i spent hours poring over cookery books, while pour means flow or cause to flow in a steady stream water poured off the stones pour the marinade over the pork pour the tea. However, they would be nice and dry and quite readable if your eyes pored over them. Analysts poured over satellite images richard bowker. Why use a metaphorical stretch that would be considered by every english grammar expert in the world to be nonstandard incorrect when you can use a. Im with dh as i always thought that it was pour over, as in pouring yourself or your mind or focus into something, figuratively of course. Basement construction and structural design designing. Pore over definition is to read or study something very carefully. Larsen, agreka books is barely one step above a vanity press. Back in season one, for example, a character was killed by having molten gold poured over his head.
Pour over is of course a meaningful phrase in its own right, but it has nothing to do with studying. Pore can also refer to a tiny opening, like the pores on your skin, though this pore has a different etymological root. Every believer receives grace from god, pored out, poured through, and overflowing, as the subtitle of this book indicates. He pored through the documents for hours looking for a loop hole. The water from the broken dam poured all over the rocks standing at its base. When talking about carefully reading books, wills, or other documents, pore is the verb that youre looking for.
Hopefully, this post helped you distinguish between the two phrases and you wont commit the mistake of trying to pore over coffee while you. They poured fire on us from the sky by benjamin ajak. Poring over definition of poring over by the free dictionary. Affordable, safe pourinplace rubber playground surfacing. The investigator pored over the documents in search of evidence ii poured transfering liquids from one container to another. Pored definition, to read or study with steady attention or application. A poured rubber playground surface can be a welcome addition to a local community playground, public or commercial park. We pored over old marine books until we came up with a logo based on an old sixteenthcentury norse woodcut. Pour, on the other hand, means to send flowing or falling, as in he poured a cup of coffee.
Pore means to study or read something with great care. The pouredinplace option is a longterm solution that offers safety, ada accessibility, and many different unique color and design options. You must throw away a lot of wet, bloody books if your eyes poured over them. Pour and pore sound very similar, but they have different meanings. Meanwhile, players pore over polaroid photographs during breaks or wait as officials measure out first downs using sticks attached to chains. As scarlett poured herself into her red dress and rhett poured champagne, they silently pored over their very different visions of the future. If you have trouble saying poar, remember to move your jaw sideways. Pore over has something to do with studying or concentrating while pour over deals with liquids. Salzmann haunted used book shops around europe and pored over catalogs for years. Kollin henneman studies opposing batters like aspiring doctors pore over medical books in med school. When we were originally looking for a logo for starbucks in 1971, we wanted to capture the seafaring tradition of early coffee traders.
Yet few have an in depth understanding of what grace encompasses. Synonyms for mulled over include took, considered, contemplated, pondered, thought about, examined, regarded, observed, studied and checked out. New york times on the other hand, to pour is to flow, like when you pour yourself a glass of water while it pours down rain. Usually an inanimate object is poured, but people can pour, too. Pored over is a crossword puzzle clue that we have spotted 4 times.
Advocates have pored over 129 london sexual assault cases. The book contains errors that spellcheck should have caught hers, as well as the spellcheckimmune its for its, poured over for pored over, breath for breathe. Nancy pours over her klingon textbook the night before the big test. Why use a metaphorical stretch that would be considered by every english grammar expert in the world to be nonstandard incorrect when you can use a word whose literal meaning is. Kathy howard brings the subject into focus as with a magnifying glass to examine what it means to live out grace from the receiving to the giving. First, forms are erected according to the structural or architectural plans. Fans of game of thrones know that, in westeros, death is almost always grisly. When you use the phrase to pore over a book, its important to keep these two straight. Trey pored over the small pile of dark green herb in his left palm.
If you use pore, youll be saying youre reading the book carefully. We thought very hard over yesterdays events to try to understand them. Major employers are using specialist antiunion lawyers to pore over the legislation. To pour, on the other hand, means to flow continuously and rapidly. When were intently studying something, nothing is actually pouring i. You can pore over something or pore through something. In texas pore, pour, and poor are all pronounced poar. Lauren pored over her study books to ensure she would get a good grade in her exam i pored to read,examine or study something carefully and attentively. Choose your words a pore is small opening in a surface that lets stuff through. Its an intransitive verb, and it means to read something carefully. As pore is a much less common word, people often choose the more familiar pour, producing. They vividly recall the family, friends, and tribal world they left far behind them and their desperate efforts to keep track of one another. When i was a kid, that book was the witch of blackbird pond by elizabeth george speare.
Pore is used with over or through and means be absorbed in reading something i spent hours poring over cookbooks, while pour means flow or cause to flow in a steady stream water poured off the stones. When that is completed, concrete is poured into the forms. Etymology we can find the reason this idiom uses pore instead of pour by looking at the definition and etymology of the two words. Pore over sth meaning in the cambridge english dictionary. Nimbly, he shredded the sticky, soft leaves and brown flowers hidden in the mass, picking out the polished black seeds and putting them inside. Pinky poured fuel oil and fertilizer into the giant bomb while the brain pored over the final adjustments to the timing mechanism. Next, reinforcing steel bars are assembled within the forms and tied together. Reinforced poured concrete basement construction is a multiple step operation. Synonyms for pore over at with free online thesaurus, antonyms, and definitions. Young men pore over texts crammed with cursive script at the zia ul uloom.
To read, study, or examine something carefully and attentively. The engineers pored over their calculations looking for errors. Synonyms for pored over include examined, went over, gone over, went through, gone through, been through, perused, read, scoured and scrutinised. His passion led to a collection of 10,000 books all kept in. If nancy from our example pours over her textbook, the only thing shes going to accomplish is getting a wet book. Pore over definition of pore over by merriamwebster. For example, you can make a concrete block wall stronger than a poured concrete wall, by simply adding some reinforcing steel and additional mortar to the block wall. I pore through books while acing a dry martini or some red wine. Dean had pored over more mug books, sure he would be able to identify at least one of the two hoods. As pat writes in woe is i, you pore over an engrossing book, but its gross to pour over one. In they poured fire on us from the sky, alepho, benson, and benjamin, by turn, recount their experiences along this unthinkable journey. The difference between pour, pore and poor grammar lesson. We pored over yesterdays events to try to understand them.
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