Poor or pore?

adjective With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them

We were so poor that we couldn't afford shoes

noun The poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society

Then there have not always been proletarians? No. There have always been poor and working classes; and those who worked were almost always the poor. But there have not always been…

noun A poor person

The poors are at it again

adjective Of low quality

That was a poor performance

noun the second-to-last placer in Tycoon

adjective Worthy of pity

Oh, you poor thing, you're drenched!

adjective Deficient in a specified way

Cow's milk is poor in iron

adjective Inadequate, insufficient

I received a poor reward for all my hard work

noun A tiny opening in the skin

I could sense the sweat dripping out of all my pores

verb To study meticulously; to go over again and again

suffix Used to form the names of cities and towns, especially in South Asia and Southeast Asia

noun By extension any small opening or interstice, especially one of many, or one allowing the passage of a fluid

the pores of a rock

verb To meditate or reflect in a steady way