| NOUN | shape | pore | any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid / liquid (fluid or gas) |
|---|---|---|---|
| body | pore | any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animal | |
| plant | pore, stoma, stomate | a minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass | |
| VERB | cognition | pore, concentrate, focus, center, centre, rivet | direct one's attention on something |
| Sounds | pao'r | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abhor ... Zocor: 121 rhymes with aor... | |
| Meaning | Any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid / liquid (fluid or gas). | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | hole | An unoccupied space |
| Spanish | poro | |
| Catalan | por, porus | |
| Adjectives | poriferous | full of pores / pores or vessels or holes |
| porous | allowing passage / passage in and out | |
| Meaning | Any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animal. | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of | skin, tegument, cutis | A natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch |
| Narrower | ostiole | A small pore especially one in the reproductive bodies of certain algae and fungi through which spores pass |
| Broader | duct, epithelial duct, canal, channel | A bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance |
| Spanish | poro | |
| Catalan | porus | |
| Adjectives | porous, poriferous | full of pores / pores or vessels or holes |
| Meaning | A minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | stoma, stomate | |
| Narrower | germ pore | A pore in the outer wall of a spore or pollen grain through which the germ tube or pollen tube makes its exit on germination |
| hydathode, water pore, water stoma | A pore that exudes water on the surface or margin of a leaf of higher plants | |
| lenticel | One of many raised pores on the stems of woody plants that allow the interchange of gas between the atmosphere and the interior tissue | |
| Broader | aperture | A natural opening in something |
| Spanish | estoma, poro | |
| Catalan | estoma, por, porus | |
| Meaning | direct one's attention on something. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s on something | |
| Synonyms | concentrate, focus, center, centre, rivet | |
| Narrower | listen, hear, take heed | listen and pay attention |
| recall | Cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression | |
| steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak up | Devote (oneself) fully to | |
| think | Focus one's attention on a certain state | |
| zoom in | Examine closely | |
| Broader | think, cogitate, cerebrate | Use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments |
| Similar to | rivet | hold (someone's attention) |
| Spanish | centrar, clavar, concentrarse, concentrar, enfocar, fijar | |
| Catalan | centrar, clavar, concentrar-se en, concentrar, enfocar, estar concentrat en, fixar | |
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