pore
1. any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid (fluid or gas) (Freq. 2)
• Derivationally related forms:
porous, poriferous
• Hypernyms:
hole
2. any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animal (Freq. 1)
• Derivationally related forms:
porous, poriferous
• Hypernyms:
duct, epithelial duct, canal, channel
• Hyponyms:
ostiole
• Part Holonyms:
skin, tegument, cutis
3. a minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass
• Syn:
stoma, stomate
• Derivationally related forms:
stomatous (for: stoma), stomatal (for: stoma)
• Hypernyms:
aperture
• Hyponyms:
germ pore, hydathode, water pore, water stoma, lenticel
direct one's attention on something (Freq. 1)
- Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies
• Syn:
concentrate, focus, center, centre, rivet
• Derivationally related forms:
center (for: center), centering (for: center), focus (for: focus), focussing (for: focus), focusing (for: focus), concentration (for: concentrate)
• Hypernyms:
think, cogitate, cerebrate
• Hyponyms:
steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross,
absorb, soak up, recall, think, zoom in, listen,
hear, take heed
• Verb Group:
rivet
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s on something
- Somebody ----s (for: concentrate)
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