Mutiple Meaning Words
Provide 2 or more meanings for:
Bat
- (stick) something used to hit a ball
- a flyig mamal (animal)
-To hit at something with palm of one's hand
Create
destroy, dismantle, tear down, level,
Sad
depressed, blue, gloomy, miserable, unhappy,
Julie was feeling under the weather
Julie was feeling sick or not well
The team was .elated because they just found out they were going to the championship
happy; excited
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Ring
- jewelry you wear on your finger
- to surround, encircle sports arena (boxing, bull, circus)
- sound/ make a sound ( bell, phone, dorrbell)
first
last
pretty
beautiful, attractive, gorgeous, attractive, lovely, nice-looking
Time flies when I'm reading a book
Time is moving fast
This painting of the landscape is picturesque, while the one of the old house is just plain ugly.
visually attractive; good looking
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Wave
- arm/hand movement of greeting
- wave of water (curving up of water)
- light curly hair
move back and forth like a flag
left
right
wet
soaked, drenched, saturated, damp, moist
John was going to perform a song at the concert, but he got cold feet.
John got nervous
Our sweltering summer days were quickly replaced by cold flashes of fall
very hot
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Sink
- a container (basin) for washing
- to fall below the surface of water, sand, etc.
- to become weaker (as in a sound fro m yell to whisper)
- a hole (sink hole)
loose
tight
mad
angry, irritated, cross, furious, annoyed, irate, rage, fuming, enraged,
It started raining out of the blue
It started raining suddenly
The feral cat would not let us pet him, unlike our friendly pet
wild; unfriendly
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Light
- source of light (lamp, light bulb)
- opposite of heavy, little weight
- ignite a flame or fire
- energy that lets us see ( sunlight)
- pale in color
tomorrow
yesterday, today
forest
woods, woodland, timberland, trees, holt, jungle,
Jessie was all ears when her teacher started talking
Jessie was paying attention and listening to the teacher.
Marty is gregarious, unlike his brother who is quiet and shy.
sociable; friendly
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Spring
- a season between winter and summer
- a metal curly coil ( allows something to bounce)
- a narrow stream of fresh water
start
finish, end, complete, stop
sparkle
shine, glitter, gleam, glow, shimmer, twinkle, glisten, flicker, blink,
The test was a piece of cake
the test was easy
She was virtuous, unlike her evil and conniving brother.
having high moral standards; good
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Season
- times of the year
- spices added to flavor food
- to age wood
crooked
straight
nervous
anxious, troubled, upset, stressed, concerned, worried, excitable, fearful, edgy, jumpy, tense, skittish
I just can't see eye to eye with you
I just can't get along and agree with you
Attempting to avoid the accident was futile; it was impossible for either of them to stop in time.
no purpose; meaningless