Synonyms for pore over
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : pawr, pohr |
| Phonetic Transcription : pɔr, poʊr |
Top 10 synonyms for pore over Other synonyms for the word pore over
- admire
- advertise
- apply oneself
- appraise
- apprehend
- apprentice
- assay
- attain
- attend
- audit
- be taught
- be trained
- beam
- become able
- become versed
- behold
- beware
- bone up
- brood over
- brush up on
- burn midnight oil
- burn up
- bury oneself in
- candle
- canvass
- case
- chaw
- check over
- chew over
- clean
- coach
- cogitate
- colander
- commit to memory
- comprehend
- con
- construe
- contemplate
- crack the books
- cram
- decipher
- delay
- dig
- dig into
- dip into
- discover
- dissect
- dive into
- drain
- drink in
- enroll
- evaluate
- examine
- excogitate
- explore
- eye
- eyeball
- fathom
- feast one's eyes
- figure
- filter
- finger
- flash
- flip through
- focus
- frisk
- gain
- gape
- gather
- gawk
- gaze
- get
- get a load of
- get down pat
- get the hang of
- get the knack of
- give attention
- glance
- glance over
- glower
- go into
- go over
- go over with a fine-tooth comb
- go through
- goggle
- grade
- grasp
- grind
- gun
- hammer away at
- heed
- hit the books
- imbibe
- improve mind
- inquire
- inquire into
- inspect
- interpret
- investigate
- know
- leaf through
- learn
- learn the ropes
- linger
- look into
- look on
- look over
- look see
- look through
- lucubrate
- major in
- make out
- mark
- master
- matriculate
- meditate
- memorize
- mind
- minor in
- moon
- mull over
- muse on
- note
- notice
- observe
- ogle
- overlook
- pan
- parse
- part
- pat down
- pay attention
- peep
- peer
- peg
- penetrate
- perceive
- perlustrate
- perpend
- peruse
- pick at
- pick up
- pierce
- pipe
- plug
- plunge
- polish up
- ponder
- pore over
- prepare
- probe
- procrastinate
- prospect
- prove
- pry
- purify
- put under a microscope
- rack one's brains
- read
- read up
- receive
- reconnoiter
- refer to
- reflect
- refresh
- regard
- remark
- research
- respect
- review
- revolve
- riddle
- rubberneck
- ruminate
- scan
- scope
- scout
- scratch the surface
- screen
- scrutinate
- scrutinize
- search
- search into
- see
- separate
- sieve
- sift
- size
- size up
- skim
- smoke
- soak up
- sort
- specialize in
- spot
- spy
- stare
- stare at
- stew over
- strain
- study
- survey
- sweat over
- sweep
- take a gander
- take course
- take in
- take in the sights
- take into consideration
- take notice of
- take stock of
- take the measure of
- tend
- think
- think out
- think over
- train in
- translate
- try
- turn over
- tutor
- unravel
- vet
- view
- wade through
- watch
- weigh
- winnow
- witness
- woolgather
Définition of pore over
Origin :- "gaze intently," early 13c., of unknown origin, with no obvious corresponding word in Old French. Perhaps from Old English *purian, suggested by spyrian "to investigate, examine," and spor "a trace, vestige." Related: Pored; poring.
- As in learn : verb acquire information
- As in look : verb examine visually
- As in mull : verb think about seriously
- As in peruse : verb check out; examine
- As in read : verb look at and understand written word
- As in regard : verb look at; listen to
- As in scrutinize : verb examine closely
- As in sift : verb take out residue; remove impurities
- As in study : verb contemplate, learn
- As in lucubrate : verb study
- As in contemplate : verb gaze at
- As in examine : verb analyze, test
- Well, you may; you can take your books to the library, and have a long evening to pore over them.
- Extract from : « Tip Lewis and His Lamp » by Pansy
- He loved to pore over his father's tracings and maps of the old workings.
- Extract from : « Derrick Sterling » by Kirk Monroe
- Who can pore over the suppers of Apicius without the fondest regret?
- Extract from : « Pelham, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Therefore you cannot sit down in the evening and pore over its mystic signs.
- Extract from : « The Galaxy » by Various
- In a fever of hope and fear, I pore over it in the solitude of the cell.
- Extract from : « Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist » by Alexander Berkman
- To pore over them is to achieve a certain contentment of the soul.
- Extract from : « Fifth Avenue » by Arthur Bartlett Maurice
- If you had learned to read, you would have to pore over books all the time.
- Extract from : « The Magician's Show Box and Other Stories » by Lydia Maria Child
- Lewis went back into his house, and, lighting his lamp, sat down to pore over one of Brother Nathan's books.
- Extract from : « The Way to Peace » by Margaret Deland
- Many a night would she pore over the Latin Grammar, that she might be even one stage before me in the morning.
- Extract from : « That Boy Of Norcott's » by Charles James Lever
- Your men who pore over treaties and maps and protocols may plan and scheme to their hearts' content; but we can act.
- Extract from : « Sir Jasper Carew » by Charles James Lever
Antonyms for pore over
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