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. past of bite
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 type of bread, often used for sandwiches
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) an insect
2) to move through the air
What is fly
a. something you put on a letter to mail
b. to move your feet in a hard way
stamp
1) A body part with toes
2) A unit of measurement
What is a foot?
1) Moving water
2) A gesture to attract attention, or to signal "hello" or "goodbye"
What is wave?
1) Something 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. traffic ___ (cars packed together)
jam
a. the sound a dog makes
b. the outer covering on a tree
bark
1) to close an envelope
2) an animal 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
3) a combined amount of prize money that has been contributed by members of a group (for example, a Super Bowl ______)
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?
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 rough edges
2) a real or virtual device for organizing documents
What is file?