http://www.dailywritingtips.com/homograph-examples/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:41:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/homograph-examples/comment-page-2/#comment-391129 maica Sun, 18 Sep 2011 01:27:24 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=502#comment-391129 can you give examples of homographs,,,,,it is so very hard dahh.... can you give examples of homographs,,,,,it is so very hard dahh….

]]> http://www.dailywritingtips.com/homograph-examples/comment-page-2/#comment-390911 Val Sun, 11 Sep 2011 18:20:04 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=502#comment-390911 Would "plant" be a homograph/? Would “plant” be a homograph/?

]]> http://www.dailywritingtips.com/homograph-examples/comment-page-2/#comment-390715 Kobayashi Sun, 04 Sep 2011 13:34:38 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=502#comment-390715 Homographs- are a word or a group of words that share the same written form but have differ meanings. Homographs- are a word or a group of words that share the same written form but have differ meanings.

]]> http://www.dailywritingtips.com/homograph-examples/comment-page-2/#comment-390593 jj Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:26:48 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=502#comment-390593 affect: to change/a person’s emotions alternate: to switch back and forth/the second choice are: plural of to be/ 100 square meters attribute: a characteristic/to give regard to bass: a type of a fish/the low tones of music or an stringed instrument which plays low tones bow: a device to shoot an arrow/to bend one’s head down or the front of a ship bowed: bent/to bend over buffet: a blow or be affected by blows/a large sideboard or a self-served meal of various dishes close: to be near/to shut combine: a farming machine which threshes/to put together conduct: one’s behavior/to lead (oops there is another one) such as a symphony console: to comfort/the interface for an instrument content: to be satisfied/that which is contained within contest: to compete in a match of skills/make an argument against something contract: an agreement/to shrink or make a deal on a project convert: to change one’s belief system/one whose belief system has been changed converse: to talk/the opposite convict: a prisoner/to find one guilty of a charge crooked: sharply curved/a muscle spasm in one’s neck deliberate: to carefully consider/to purposely do desert: to abandon/an arid or barren area digest: to convert food to simpler compounds/to condense a written work do: the first tone of the diatonic scale/to accomplish does: multiple female deer/to perform dove: a bird/to have jumped off drawer: one who draws/a boxlike compartment that pushes in and pulls out drawers: multiple people who draw/underpants entrance: an entryway/to put into a trance excuse: to pardon or forgive/an explanation offered to justify or obtain forgiveness gyro: short for gyroscope/a type of sandwich with roasted lamb house: a dwelling/to provide living quarters incense: a burnt aromatic/to make angry intern: a physician training after medical school/to confine intimate: personal/to hint invalid: an ill person/ not valid laminate: to make in layers/a composite made of layers lather: to make foam/a workman who puts up laths lead: to guide/a soft dense metal live: verb meaning to have life/adjective meaning to have life or being on lives: verb meaning to have life/plural noun meaning many with life micrometer: one-millionth of a meter/a device used to measure small distances minute: small/sixty seconds moderate: of medium or average quality/to preside or direct mow: to cut down/a type of a gull/a stack of hay multiply: to times two numbers/to do in many ways number: a mathematical integer like 1, 2, 3,…/to deprive of further feeling nun: a female religious/the 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet object: something perceptible/to dissent pasty: medium consistency/a meat pie pate: a meat paste/the crown of a head, usually bald/a porcelain paste perfect: to make correct/that which is correct periodic: occasional or repetitive/an iodine compound permit: to allow something to be done/a document giving permission present: a gift or that which is happening now/to give a talk or demonstration primer: a elementary book/the undercoating done prior to applying paint produce: vegetables/to bring forth project: to thrust outward/a plan or housing development pussy: to be filled with pus/a kitten putting: to hit a golf ball on a green/to place in a specific location raven: to devour/a large black bird rebel: to resist/one who resists record: to write down/a list or phonograph disk recreation: a leisurely pastime/to remake refuse: to deny/garbage relay: a race involving multiple individuals/to lay again reside: to live in a place/to change a side resign: to quit/to sign again resume: to restart/a CV or document of experience row: a series of objects in a straight line/a fight sake: purpose/a Japanese rice drink secrete: to generate/to conceal secreted: to have generated/to hide out of sight separate: to divide up into groups/disunited or a garment sewer: one who sews/a conduit for transporting sewage slough: a swamp/to shed sow: to scatter seeds/an adult female hog subject: the theme or topic/to force one’s will onto another tear: liquid drops secreted by the eye/to pull apart wind: to encircle/moving air wound: to have been wrapped in a circular manner/an injury affect: to change/a person’s emotions
alternate: to switch back and forth/the second choice
are: plural of to be/ 100 square meters
attribute: a characteristic/to give regard to
bass: a type of a fish/the low tones of music or an stringed instrument which plays low tones
bow: a device to shoot an arrow/to bend one’s head down or the front of a ship
bowed: bent/to bend over
buffet: a blow or be affected by blows/a large sideboard or a self-served meal of various dishes
close: to be near/to shut
combine: a farming machine which threshes/to put together
conduct: one’s behavior/to lead (oops there is another one) such as a symphony
console: to comfort/the interface for an instrument
content: to be satisfied/that which is contained within
contest: to compete in a match of skills/make an argument against something
contract: an agreement/to shrink or make a deal on a project
convert: to change one’s belief system/one whose belief system has been changed
converse: to talk/the opposite
convict: a prisoner/to find one guilty of a charge
crooked: sharply curved/a muscle spasm in one’s neck
deliberate: to carefully consider/to purposely do
desert: to abandon/an arid or barren area
digest: to convert food to simpler compounds/to condense a written work
do: the first tone of the diatonic scale/to accomplish
does: multiple female deer/to perform
dove: a bird/to have jumped off
drawer: one who draws/a boxlike compartment that pushes in and pulls out
drawers: multiple people who draw/underpants
entrance: an entryway/to put into a trance
excuse: to pardon or forgive/an explanation offered to justify or obtain forgiveness
gyro: short for gyroscope/a type of sandwich with roasted lamb
house: a dwelling/to provide living quarters
incense: a burnt aromatic/to make angry
intern: a physician training after medical school/to confine
intimate: personal/to hint
invalid: an ill person/ not valid
laminate: to make in layers/a composite made of layers
lather: to make foam/a workman who puts up laths
lead: to guide/a soft dense metal
live: verb meaning to have life/adjective meaning to have life or being on
lives: verb meaning to have life/plural noun meaning many with life
micrometer: one-millionth of a meter/a device used to measure small distances
minute: small/sixty seconds
moderate: of medium or average quality/to preside or direct
mow: to cut down/a type of a gull/a stack of hay
multiply: to times two numbers/to do in many ways
number: a mathematical integer like 1, 2, 3,…/to deprive of further feeling
nun: a female religious/the 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
object: something perceptible/to dissent
pasty: medium consistency/a meat pie
pate: a meat paste/the crown of a head, usually bald/a porcelain paste
perfect: to make correct/that which is correct
periodic: occasional or repetitive/an iodine compound
permit: to allow something to be done/a document giving permission
present: a gift or that which is happening now/to give a talk or demonstration
primer: a elementary book/the undercoating done prior to applying paint
produce: vegetables/to bring forth
project: to thrust outward/a plan or housing development
pussy: to be filled with pus/a kitten
putting: to hit a golf ball on a green/to place in a specific location
raven: to devour/a large black bird
rebel: to resist/one who resists
record: to write down/a list or phonograph disk
recreation: a leisurely pastime/to remake
refuse: to deny/garbage
relay: a race involving multiple individuals/to lay again
reside: to live in a place/to change a side
resign: to quit/to sign again
resume: to restart/a CV or document of experience
row: a series of objects in a straight line/a fight
sake: purpose/a Japanese rice drink
secrete: to generate/to conceal
secreted: to have generated/to hide out of sight
separate: to divide up into groups/disunited or a garment
sewer: one who sews/a conduit for transporting sewage
slough: a swamp/to shed
sow: to scatter seeds/an adult female hog
subject: the theme or topic/to force one’s will onto another
tear: liquid drops secreted by the eye/to pull apart
wind: to encircle/moving air
wound: to have been wrapped in a circular manner/an injury

]]> http://www.dailywritingtips.com/homograph-examples/comment-page-2/#comment-389682 anne curtis Thu, 04 Aug 2011 10:05:37 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=502#comment-389682 homographs word that have the same spelling but differ in origin meaning and sometimes pronunciations homographs word that have the same spelling but differ in origin meaning and sometimes pronunciations

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