{"id":3366,"date":"2012-03-05T12:56:08","date_gmt":"2012-03-05T01:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/?p=3366"},"modified":"2012-03-05T13:32:59","modified_gmt":"2012-03-05T02:32:59","slug":"pause-to-check-the-meaning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/2012\/03\/pause-to-check-the-meaning\/","title":{"rendered":"Pause to check the meaning"},"content":{"rendered":"

My daughters recently had a confusing conversation because of the incredible similarity between today’s Monday Meanings – sunscreen and skin care mixed in with dogs was a bit strange so here are the actual meanings for you!<\/p>\n

paws:<\/strong><\/span> [noun] feet of a clawed animal.\u00a0[verb] touch in a clumsy or dirty way
\nThe mouse pulled thorns from the lion’s paws.\u00a0<\/em>Their dog paws me every time I wear white to their house!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

pause<\/strong><\/span> [noun]: a period without action or noise
\nThere was a pause in the meeting while lunch was served.<\/em><\/p>\n

pores:<\/span><\/strong> [noun] a tiny opening in membranes such as skin. [verb] be intent and focussed
\nA facial will open up your pores.\u00a0<\/em>He pores over his book whenever Mary goes out.<\/em><\/p>\n

pours:<\/strong><\/span> [verb] to make something flow, such as out of a jug; a heavy flow, such as of rain or events.
\nJoan always pours the tea before the coffee.\u00a0<\/em>We will cancel our hike only if it pours in the morning.<\/em><\/p>\n

Not so easy to show you how to remember which is which, other than that wild animals may have paws<\/strong> and jaws<\/strong> to watch out for! Do you have a way to tell pores\/paws\/pause\/pours apart?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My daughters recently had a confusing conversation because of the incredible similarity between today’s Monday Meanings – sunscreen and skin care mixed in with dogs was a bit strange so here are the actual meanings for you! paws: [noun] feet of a clawed animal.\u00a0[verb] touch in a clumsy or dirty way The mouse pulled thorns […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[272],"tags":[119,1432,1433,1434],"class_list":["post-3366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-monday-meanings","tag-meaning","tag-pause","tag-paws","tag-pores"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t