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

[Kaila]

As was stated earlier in this thread,
how does
someone learn English as a second language?!
(Many meanings for the same words )

 

[StarSong]

Nip

A small bite - usually by an animal
A drink of alcohol

O

 

[Kaila]

open

a container that is no longer closed,
and the contents are available, and can now be eaten or used more freely

A door you can walk through, or simply one that is not locked

A state of mind or emotion, that you are willing to share thoughts and feelings

P

 

[StarSong]

Peer

To view
An equal

Q/R

 

[Kaila]

reach

Put your hand on, stretch your arm, or otherwise physically touch or grab for something, or attempt to touch it....

Possible to accomplish or arrive at, as in a goal or location

S

 

[StarSong]

Show

To teach or prove by example
A radio, TV, movie, or live theater presentation

T

 

[Kaila]

trial

a formal proceeding in a courtroom, with legally required steps and rules

a personally difficult challenge

Just simply using something new, to see if you like it or not, before you commit to longer term of using it, or to purchasing it

U

 

[Sunny]

Upper

Above, top, higher

A kind of drug

V

 

[Kaila]

veil

a long fabric, tailing a gown, and sometimes hiding the face

Cover-up of something being done or thought or planned, which the hidden activities are not known publicly, to be occurring.

W

 

[StarSong]

Wash

To clean something
A situation in which losses and gains or advantages and disadvantages balance each other. "I won twenty dollars on the slots only to lose twenty at the craps table. The night was a wash."

X/Y/Z

 

[Kaila]

yard

area of ground, next to or behind a home or building

measurement of length

 

[Sunny]

Art

A highly skilled representation of something

Ancient verb used in the second person, as in "thou art."

B

 

[StarSong]

Breed

To produce offspring
Lineage or strain (Angus is a breed of cattle)

C

 

[Sunny]

Chap

To irritate or scuff, such as chapped lips

A fellow, especially in Britain

D

 

[Kaila]

Dig in

Put a shovel into dirt

Start eating

Begin an earnest study or activity project, or the first of a series of chores and steps to a process

E

 

[Sunny]

skip

 

[Kaila]

^^^ oops, other thread?... @Sunny

 

[Sunny]

You're right, Kaila. Will move it.

 

[StarSong]

Elevation

The height above sea level
Being lifted up, whether physically or to a more important position.

F

 

[Sunny]

Frame

The outer setting for a painting or a mirror

To set someone up to appear guilty, even though they aren't

G

 

[StarSong]

Grain

A classification of food grasses like wheat and oats
The pattern in a piece of wood

H

 

[Sunny]

Hot

Very warm in temperature

Well, you know.

I

 

[Kaila]

ILL

Sick, and not feeling healthy or well

Not in agreement with the speaker; not appearing sensible-seeming or usual, to someone else

Just something negative, or troublesome, and not considered good by someone
(That action is ill-advised.)

J

 

[Sunny]

Jumper

1. A collarless sleeveless dress usually worn over a blouse

2. A sweater in England

3. A person who jumps

4. Maybe a horse who jumps also?

K

 

[Kaila]

keep

Hold onto something over a significant time

What it takes to support/sustain a person (food/shelter/costs)

L