I. ˈpō(ə)r, -ȯ(ə)r, -ōə, -ȯ(ə) verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English pouren, puren
intransitive verb
1. : to gaze intently or fixedly : look searchingly : stare
pored … on her lovely and large brown eyes — Edmund Wilson
those who pore over the microscope — R.W.Morin
2. : to devote oneself to attentive reading : be deep in study — used chiefly with over
pored over every single page of that thick novel — H.W.Carter
3. : to reflect or mediate steadily : ponder — used with on or upon
began to pore upon religious problems — Cecil Sprigge
4. archaic : to peer nearsightedly
transitive verb
: to bring to some state by poring
pored himself blind
pored her eyes out over his letters
II. noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English poore, pore, from Middle French pore, from Latin porus, from Greek poros passage, pore — more at fare
1.
a. : a minute opening especially in an animal or plant by which matter passes through a membrane
b. : the cross section of a vessel element or tracheid often including both lumen and wall
c. : germ pore
2.
a. : a small interstice (as in stone) admitting absorption or passage of liquid
b. : such interstices indicating density
a mineral's fine pores
3. : one of countless minute darkish dots mottling the sun