NOUN | cognition | germ, source, seed | anything that provides inspiration for later work |
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body | germ | a small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism | |
animal | germ, microbe, bug | a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium) |
Sounds | jher'm | |
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Rhymes | affirm ... worm: 26 rhymes with erm... |
Meaning | Anything that provides inspiration for later work. | |
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Synonyms | source, seed | |
Narrower | muse | The source of an artist's inspiration |
taproot | Something that provides an important central source for growth or development | |
Broader | inspiration | arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity |
Spanish | fuente, germen, semilla | |
Catalan | germen | |
Adjectives | germinal | containing seeds of later development |
Verbs | germinate | work out |
Meaning | A small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism. | |
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Broader | structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure | A particular complex anatomical part of a living thing |
Spanish | germen | |
Catalan | germen | |
Verbs | germinate | produce buds, branches, or germinate |
Meaning | A minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use. | |
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Synonyms | microbe, bug | |
Broader | microorganism, micro-organism | Any organism of microscopic size |
Spanish | germen, microbio | |
Catalan | microbi, microorganisme | |
Adjectives | germy | full of germs or pathological microorganisms |
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