What is another word for Pored?

Pronunciation: [pˈɔːd] (IPA)

Pored over, which means to scrutinize or examine carefully, has a number of synonyms that can be used to convey the same meaning. Such synonyms include studied, analyzed, examined, inspected, scrutinized, assessed, appraised, explored, searched and researched. All of these words represent the act of engaging in a close and thorough examination or analysis of something. Poring over is often used in regards to academic or technical subjects, but can also be used more generally to describe any instance in which someone carefully examines a topic or issue. Regardless of the context, there are many words that can be used to describe the same action.

What are the hypernyms for Pored?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Pored

All his life he had Pored over old books and musty parchments; but from them he had acquired little wisdom, for one bright spring-time he fell in love with a farmer's daughter-and married her.
"Orientations"
William Somerset Maugham
The folly and wrong of trying to make children study beyond the fatigue point was never more clearly pointed out than by Dickens in the description of the school he attended when a boy, given as a contrast to the life and brightness and interest shown in the schools of the Stepney Union: When I was at school, one of seventy boys, I wonder by what secret understanding our attention began to wander when we had Pored over our books for some hours.
"Dickens As an Educator"
James L. (James Laughlin) Hughes
She bent her head and Pored over her book.
"The Way of Ambition"
Robert Hichens

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