ENGLISH | homographs
Posted 2007-10-02 14:20:54 | Comments (0)
Homographs
Hi everybody !!! como les va?... Well... I have some time without posting anything, I`ve been a little busy because of school ! yeah... homework !!!!... so, here you go some words which would break our brain.
A homograph is a word that has the same spelling as another word but has a different meaning and origin =D....
mint | a place where coins are manufactures by a government
mint | plant whose leaves are used for flavouring
mint | almost perfect condition almost new
bear | carry, support
bear | animal =D
date | statement of time: day, month, year
date | fruit of the date palm
light | opposite to dark
light | not heavy
light | cause to begin burning :D
mine | possesive form of the pronoun I
mine | an excavation made in the earth to extract metals
safe | free from danger
safe | burglar proof box in which money is kept
tap | quick
tap | device for controlling the flow of liquid
present | not absent
present | gift
present | submit
yard | a trac of ground adjacent to a building
yard | unit of lenght
blaze | a burst of fire
blaze | a white spot, as on the face of a horse
clutch | seize
clutch | set of eggs placed under a hen to hatch at one time
clutch | a pedal
chop | cut into pieces
chop | thick slice of meat with bone in it
second | 60th part of a minute
second | next after the first