Heteronyms - Words that are spelled identically but have different meanings.

[Sunny]

Ham

A cut of pork meat

A corny actor

I

 

[StarSong]

Issue

Part of a published series, like a magazine
Personal or emotional problems - she has issues

J

 

[Sunny]

Jam

A sweet, fruity spread to put on bread, muffins, etc.

A bad situation to be in

K

 

[Kaila]

jab

a verbal critique, that might be joking or might be serious

a shot or inoculation

K

 

[Sunny]

Kid

A child

A baby goat

To joke

L

 

[StarSong]

Links

Connections in a chair or other series
A golf course

M

 

[Sunny]

Mole

A rodent

A spy

N

 

[Kaila]

nail (verb)

To attach something by use of metal nails and hammer

To succeed exactly and perfectly, at any type of challenging task

O

 

[Sunny]

Ought

Should

An old-fashioned word for zero

P

 

[StarSong]

Pancake

A thin cake made from batter.
To flatten due to the weight above. (When the building was demolished, the stories pancaked down.)

Q/R

 

[Sunny]

Right

A direction, opposite from left

Correct

S

 

[Kaila]

sweeten

Add sugar or fruit, to make some food, taste more appealing

Add perks to some offer, to entice someone to accept a deal

T

 

[Sunny]

Tear

A drop of liquid coming out of someone's eye

To rip

U/V

 

[Kaila]

Useful

A tool or similar item that helps one to accomplish some task.

A person who is actively doing something and taking part.
(Make yourself useful! )

V

 

[StarSong]

Void

To nullify
To empty a bladder or bowels

W

 

[Kaila]

wick

The fabric part (that actually burns) in center of a candle

To absorb the moisture, in an area

x/ y? / z?

 

[StarSong]

Yawn

Open the mouth somewhat involuntarily with a prolonged, deep inhalation and sighing or heavy exhalation, as from drowsiness or boredom.
A large chasm or gap. (A yawning hole)

Z/A

 

[Kaila]

zone

A marked off area of land

A mental frame of mind

A

 

[Sunny]

Abet

To help

A wager (All right, close enough!)

B

 

[Kaila]

box

cardboard or wooden, squared container

Having very limited options

A sort of duel between 2 people at a time

C

 

[Sunny]

Chicken

A bird

Lacking in courage

D

 

[StarSong]

Dreads

Has anxiety about a future event
A hairstyle - dreadlocks

E

 

[Kaila]

early

Short for early morning, or short for early in the day.

Ahead of schedule, or sooner than expected, or before others arrived;
no matter what time of day or night, or which part of a day.

F

 

[Sunny]

Fine

Very good

Thin, wispy, such as fine hair

Payment for violating a rule or law

End of a piece of music

G

 

[Kaila]

gone

When someone has left, to travel to some other location

Something has been used up, with no more supply available, either at the moment, or for good.

When an item seems suddenly to be missing, because it isn't in the place it was last see

H