Multiple Meaning Words #1
1) A rest period, to stop what you are doing briefly
2) To destroy something, to snap apart
What is break?
a. a small piece
b. chomped on (past tense)
bit
1) the sound made by an old-fashioned telephone
2) a piece of jewelry worn on a finger
3) the place where professional boxers fight
What is ring?
1) To slice with a knife or scissors
2) A small wound
What is cut?
1) to strike with your fist
2) to make a hole, as in a sheet of paper
3) a drink people serve at parties
What is punch?
1) What you do with a bowling ball
2) a round piece of bread
What is roll?
1) To go back and forth in a chair
2) a pebble or stone
3) a form of popular music
What is rock?
1) the place you can adopt stray dogs
2. the unit of measurement for how much you weigh
What is pound
1) a common insect
2) to move through the air
What is fly
a. something you put on a letter to mail
b. to slam your foot down hard
stamp
1) A body part with toes
2) A unit of measurement (length)
What is a foot?
1) Moving water
2) A gesture to attract attention, or to signal "hello" or "goodbye"
What is wave?
1) A body in the night sky that generates light
2) A celebrity
What is star?
a. a flying mammal
b. a tool used to hit a ball
bat
a. an animal that quacks
b. to bend down so you do not get hit
duck
a. a sweet substance you put on toast
b. to get into trouble
jam
a. the sound a dog makes
b. the outer covering on a tree
bark
1) to close something tightly to prevent air or water from coming in
2) an mammal that swims in the ocean
What is seal?
1) a place to swim
2) a game played on a large green table with numbered balls and a cue stick
What is pool?
a. an area you wash your hands
b. to go under the water
sink
1) An animal allowed in the house
2) A way to touch a friendly animal.
What is pet?
1) the seat of government in each state
2) an upper case letter
What is capitol/capital?
a. a place to keep animals in
b. a writing tool
pen
1) Something that opens a lock
2) A button you press to type on a computer
3) An important or deciding factor, for example, "his imagination was the ____ to his success"
What is key?
1) a tool used to smooth the fingernails
2) a real or virtual document
What is file?