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

[Kaila]

inch

a measurement of length, on a small ruler

To move forward by small increments
(The traffic is inching along.)

J

 

[Sunny]

Jumper

A collarless, sleeveless dress, usually worn over a blouse

In England, a sweater

A person who jumps?

K

 

[Kaila]

keeper

A person who takes care of animals: feeding, housing and health needs

A person who is very helpful and would be wanted for a family member for a very long time

A person who works at maintaining a site, such as a lighthouse keeper

L

 

[Sunny]

Love

A great amount of fondness

Zero, in tennis

M

 

[Kaila]

mouse

a small rodent with long, skinny tail

A hand-pushed manual method of moving the cursor, on large, old PC computers, with no touch screen

N

 

[Sunny]

Nail

What grows on the end of fingers and toes

A thin, pointy metallic item used to hold two things together

O

 

[Kaila]

@Sunny
You nailed that post!

 

[Kaila]

order

proper decorum (Order in the court! )

Set some people or items up in a group, consecutively,
according to some particular specified distinctions, or in whose turns will come first and then next, until the last, final one

A command

Organized and neat

P

 

[Sunny]

Pot

A vessel for holding foods for cooking

How much money the poker players have put in so far

Something to smoke?

Q

 

[Kaila]

Quote

Something someone said.

An Amount of money that something will cost, told/promised to the buyer by the seller

R

 

[Kaila]

raise

Lift something up higher from the ground or floor, whether it's a platform, or a flag, or your hand....

To make more money for your weekly work salary

S

 

[Kaila]

ship

A large boat

To send something, far away, even by airplane or truck

T

 

[StarSong]

Tend

To care for
To lean towards - have a tendency

U/V

 

[Kaila]

Up

Higher off the ground, and farther away from gravity

Increasing in amount, or numbers going in one direction that indicate more of something

Prices getting harder to pay;
or salaries getting harder to pay, but nicer to receive

Not looking at the floor or your hands in your lap

V

 

[StarSong]

Viable

Practical or workable. Viable alternatives
Physically able to sustain life outside the uterus.

W

 

[Kaila]

will

determination

future tense

a legal paper stating desires to be carried out after death

X/ Y

 

[Sunny]

Yak

A buffalo-like animal

To talk incessantly

Z/A

 

[Kaila]

Zip it....

Stop talking, Or, stop telling others about something in particular


Close up the zipper on your jacket, because it is cold or stormy, outdoors.

A

 

[StarSong]

Apply

To make an application or ask, as in apply to a school or job
To label or designate: Does this apply to you?

B

 

[Sunny]

Beat

To strike
To win in a game or sport
Tired, wiped out

C

 

[StarSong]

Chow
Food
A breed of dog

D

 

[Kaila]

dozens

A very specific quantity number , based on multiples of 12

Simply a general term for a large amount of people or items (not just a few)

E

 

[StarSong]

Even

Numbers that aren't odd
Flat or smooth. (Professionally made cakes have an even finish.)

F

 

[Kaila]

Flat

A general music description, for sounding off-key discordant and unpleasant, instead of being pleasing to the ear, and melodic ...(sounds flat to me)

Or a music term for specific type of notes.

Out of air, so the thing collapsed (flat tire or flat air mattress)
or its surface is low and level , and not bumpy or hilly

Feeling dull and depleted of energy or enthusiasm

A joke that didn't go over well, and no one in the room or the audience laughed



G

 

[Sunny]

Gag

To cover someone's mouth so they can't talk

To choke

A joke

H