pore Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid (fluid or gas)
  2. noun any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animal
  3. noun a minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass
    stomate; stoma.
  4. verb direct one's attention on something
    center; centre; focus; concentrate; rivet.
    • Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies

WordNet

Pore noun
Etymology
F., fr. L. porus, Gr. a passage, a pore. See Fare, v.
Definitions
  1. One of the minute orifices in an animal or vegetable membrane, for transpiration, absorption, etc.
  2. A minute opening or passageway; an interstice between the constituent particles or molecules of a body; as, the pores of stones.
Pore intransitive verb
Etymology
OE. poren, of uncertain origin; cf. D. porren to poke, thrust, Gael. purr.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Pored ; present participle & verbal noun Poring
Definitions
  1. 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."Painfully to pore upon a book." Shak.
    The eye grows weary with poring perpetually on the same thing. Dryden.

Webster 1913