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Homographs

Homographs are words that are written the same—meaning they always have the same spelling—but have different meanings. Homographs can be pronounced the same or not.

Homograph

Definition

1 Agape A Greek word meaning “sacrificial love” Wide open
2 Attribute To think of as belonging to or originating in some person, place or thing A characteristic or quality
3 Axes The plural of axis The plural of axe
4 Band A group of musicians A strip of material tied around something a stripe, line, or elongated area of a different colour, texture, or composition from its surroundings
5 Bark The outer portion of a tree A loud noise made by the dog
6 Buffet a blow with a fist or hand a meal for which different foods are placed on a table so that people can serve themselves to knock against or about; batter. the wind buffeted the boat
7 Bustier A bustier is a form-fitting garment for women traditionally worn as lingerie More busty a woman’s close-fitting, sleeveless, strapless top, often elasticized, usually having boning or facing to give it shape, and worn as a blouse
8 Can A container Being able to do something
9 Content Happy or satisfied All that is contained inside something
10 Contract A written agreement To get, acquire or incur
11 Coordinates To organize or bring into order A set of numbers used to calculate a position
12 Date A day in a month or a year A sweet fruit
13 Desert A hot, arid region To leave or abandon
14 Digest A condensed version of some information To change food in the stomach into a form that can be absorbed by the body
15 Discount A reduction in price To underestimate the significance of or give no credence to
16 Does More than one female deer Present, third-person singular form of the verb “do”
17 Drink Some liquid that quenches your thirst To have something liquid that quenches your thirst
18 Drop A very small amount of liquid To fall or let something fall down
19 Entrance The place of entry To bewitch or delight
20 Evening Late afternoon Making more even
21 Fall A season of the year, otherwise known as autumn To go down
22 File A case to keep some documents together and safely To keep something in a particular place submit (a legal document, application, or charge) to be placed on record by the appropriate authority a line of people or things one behind another remove something by grinding it off with a file
23 Fly An insect The action of moving through air
24 Frequent Occurring regularly To visit a place often
25 Incense A substance that produces a pleasant odor when burned To infuriate or make very angry
26 Left The left side or direction To move or go away from someone or something permanently or for a short period of time
27 Letter A written or printed document for formal and informal purposes Another word to refer to an alphabet or a symbol
28 Minute 60 seconds Very small
29 Moped Acted sad or gloomy in the past tense A motorised bicycle or scooter
30 Orange A fruit A colour
31 Palm The inner part of your hand A tall, straight tree
32 Park A large area of land that is mostly used for children to play or for people to walk To leave or stage the vehicle somewhere for a period of time
33 Point A specific/particular idea, thought or opinion that someone is expressing The most important piece of information or what is being said/discussed To show or draw attention to something by using your finger or some object like a stick
34 Proceeds Advances or continues on Money or profit gained
35 Produce To create or make Fresh fruits or vegetables
36 Putting Placing something in a location (put) Gently hitting a golf ball into the hole (putt)
37 Refuse To reject or decline Garbage or trash
38 Rose A flower To come up
39 Ruler Someone who rules a kingdom A long, narrow piece of wood, steel or plastic that is flat and used to measure things or draw straight lines
40 Saw A tool used to cut wood or metal To look at something around you
41 Second 1/60 of a minute The position after first
42 Ship A large or big boat that is used to carry passengers or goods To send something by ship or some kind of transport
43 Spring A season of the year To jump or move suddenly or quickly
44 Tear To rip A drop of water from the eye
45 Tie A long piece of cloth with a knot in front that is used to wear around the neck To fasten something or someone with a rope or a string
46 Trip A leisure journey An action of nearly falling as a result of your foot catching on something
47 Wave Water that moves across the surface of the water To move your hands from side to side
48 Well A large, deep hole in the ground that carries water which can be used for domestic purposes Something that is done in a good way To be in a good state
49 Wind To turn in a circle Moving air in the atmosphere
50 Wound Past tense form of wind An injury
51 conduct a mode or standard of personal behavior organize and carry out.
52 bat mammal of the order Chiroptera e.g. cricket bat
53 Compact closely and neatly packed together; dense a small flat case containing face powder, a mirror, and a powder puff exert force on (something) so that it becomes more dense; compress
54 Desert withdraw from or leave usually without intent to return arid land with usually sparse vegetation desolate and sparsely occupied or unoccupied
55 Lie be in or assume a horizontal or resting position on a supporting surface make an untrue statement with intent to deceive
56 Lead cause (a person or animal) to go with one by holding them by the hand, a halter, a rope, etc. while moving forward the initiative in an action; an example for others to follow a position of advantage in a contest; first place chemical element with the symbol Pb (from the Latin plumbum) and atomic number 82 to cause a film, image, or light to appear on a screen or other surface
57 Project a study of a particular subject done over a period of time extend outwards beyond something else; protrude to calculate an amount or number expected in the future from information already known to throw or direct something forwards, with force
58 Entrance point of access dramatic arrival bewitch and delight
59 Clip cut something apart attach together
60 Overlook fail to notice vantage point