pore 1
/pawr, pohr/ , v.i. , pored, poring .
1. to read or study with steady attention or application: a scholar poring over a rare old manuscript.
2. to gaze earnestly or steadily: to pore over a painting.
3. to meditate or ponder intently (usually fol. by over, on, or upon ): He pored over the strange events of the preceding evening.
[ 1250-1300; ME pouren ]
Syn. 3. ponder, scrutinize, peruse, examine.
pore 2
— porelike , adj.
/pawr, pohr/ , n.
1. a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
2. a minute interstice, as in a rock.
[ 1350-1400; ME poore porus póros passage; see EMPORIUM, FORD ]