v one of the minute orifices in an animal or vegetable membrane, for transpiration, absorption, ·etc.
2. pore ·v a minute opening or passageway; an interstice between the constituent particles or molecules of a body; as, the pores of stones.
3. pore ·vi to look or gaze steadily in reading or studying; to fix the attention; to be absorbed;
often with on or upon, and now usually with over.