Understanding Homonyms: Exploring Examples and Meanings
Homonyms, an intriguing facet of language, refer to words that share either the same spelling or pronunciation but have different meanings. Let’s unravel this linguistic phenomenon by exploring examples and meanings of homonyms.
What Are Homonyms?
Homonyms are words that create confusion due to their similarities in spelling or pronunciation while carrying distinct meanings.
Examples of Homonyms:
Consider the word “rock.” It can signify both a solid mineral and the action of swaying gently back and forth. Similarly, “bat” represents both a flying mammal and a sports equipment.
Homonyms in Sentences:
- The band played rock music at the concert. (solid mineral)
- She used a bat to hit the ball in the game. (sports equipment)
Differentiating Homonyms from Homophones:
While homonyms share similar spelling or pronunciation with different meanings, homophones are words with similar sounds but different meanings. For instance, “to,” “two,” and “too” are homophones.
Exploring Homonyms with Meanings:
Homonyms like “bank” (a financial institution and the edge of a river) showcase how identical words can hold diverse interpretations based on context.
Medical Terminology: Homonymous Hemianopia:
In the medical realm, homonymous hemianopia refers to a visual impairment where corresponding sections in both eyes lose sight due to brain injury.
Homonyms in Different Languages:
Understanding homonyms transcends language barriers. In Gujarati, homonyms are referred to as “સમાન અર્થના શબ્દ” (words with similar meanings).
Homonyms Enriching Vocabulary:
Expanding vocabulary involves mastering homonyms. Words like “pen,” indicating both a writing instrument and an animal enclosure, showcase the nuances of language.
Accessible Learning: Homonyms in the “English Listening & Speaking” App:
For an immersive learning experience on homonyms, explore the “English Listening & Speaking” app here. This app offers comprehensive lessons, examples, and exercises on homonyms and various other linguistic concepts.
Conclusion:
Homonyms, with their intriguing duality in meanings, highlight the complexity and richness of language. Exploring these linguistic wonders not only enhances vocabulary but also fosters a deeper appreciation for the nuances of communication.
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1001 | meter | systematically arranged and measured rhythm in verse: | rhythm that continuously repeats a single basic pattern |
1002 | ap | apostle | apothecaries’ |
1003 | ass | any of several hardy gregarious African or Asian perissodactyl mammals (genus Equus) smaller than the horse and having long ears; especially : an African mammal (E. asinus) that is the ancestor of the donkey | a stupid, stubborn, or detestable person —often compounded with a preceding adjective |
1004 | barrack | a building or set of buildings used especially for lodging soldiers in garrison usually used in plural | a structure resembling a shed or barn that provides temporary housing —usually used in plural |
1005 | bully | a blustering, browbeating person; especially : one who is habitually cruel, insulting, or threatening to others who are weaker, smaller, or in some way vulnerable | pimp |
1006 | butty | A butty is a sandwich. | a fellow worker or friend, esp. in a coal mine |
1007 | char | any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots | If a woman chars for someone, she works as their cleaner. |
1008 | compound | something formed by a union of elements or parts; especially : a distinct substance formed by chemical union of two or more ingredients in definite proportion by weight | a word consisting of components that are words (such as rowboat, high school, devil-may-care) |
1009 | corporal | A corporal is a non-commissioned officer in the army or United States Marines. | a white linen cloth on which the bread and wine are placed during the Eucharist |
1010 | crab | any of numerous chiefly marine broadly built decapod crustaceans: | any of an infraorder (Brachyura) with a short broad usually flattened carapace, a small abdomen that curls forward beneath the body, short antennae, and the anterior pair of limbs modified as grasping pincers |
1011 | drab | slattern | prostitute |
1012 | flash | rush, dash used of flowing water | to break forth in or like a sudden flame or flare |
1013 | fluke | flatfish | a flattened digenetic trematode worm; broadly : trematode |
1014 | found | Found is the past tense and past participle of find | When an institution, company, or organization is founded by someone or by a group of people, they get it started, often by providing the necessary money. |
1015 | genial | marked by or freely expressing sympathy or friendliness | favorable to growth or comfort : mild |
1016 | gobo | a dark strip (as of wallboard) to shield a motion-picture or television camera from light | a device to shield a microphone from sound |
1017 | hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) | an opening in the deck of a ship or in the floor or roof of a building |
1018 | hockey | field hockey | ice hockey |
1019 | housing | shelter, lodging | dwellings provided for people |
1020 | joggle | to shake slightly | to move shakily or jerkily |
1021 | knot | an interlacement of the parts of one or more flexible bodies forming a lump or knob (as for fastening or tying together) | the lump or knob so formed |
1022 | lark | any of a family (Alaudidae) of chiefly Old World ground-dwelling songbirds that are usually brownish in color; especially : skylark | If you say that doing something is a lark, you mean that it is fun, although perhaps naughty or dangerous. |
1023 | lower | to look sullen : frown | to be or become dark, gloomy, and threatening |
1024 | marque | reprisal, retaliation | letters of marque |
1025 | me | A speaker or writer uses me to refer to himself or herself. Me is a first person singular pronoun. Me is used as the object of a verb or a preposition. | ME is a long-lasting illness that is thought to be caused by a virus. Its symptoms include feeling tired all the time and muscle pain. |
1026 | metric | a part of prosody that deals with metrical structure | a standard of measurement |
1027 | novel | new and not resembling something formerly known or used | not previously identified |
1028 | pasty | a meat pie | turnover |
1029 | poise | balance; especially : to hold or carry in equilibrium | to hold supported or suspended without motion in a steady position |
1030 | poop | The poop of an old-fashioned sailing ship is the raised structure at the back end of it. | to cause to become exhausted; tire |
1031 | pot | a usually rounded metal or earthen container used chiefly for domestic purposes (as in cooking or for holding liquids or growing plants); also : any of various technical or industrial vessels or enclosures resembling or likened to a household pot | potful |
1032 | rand | The rand is the unit of currency used in South Africa. | a leather strip put in the heel of a shoe before the lifts are put on |
1033 | refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept | to show or express unwillingness to do or comply with |
1034 | rue | to feel penitence, remorse, or regret for | to feel sorrow, remorse, or regret |
1035 | scotch | scottish | inclined to frugality |
1036 | scut | the short tail of animals such as the deer and rabbit | a worthless, contemptible person |
1037 | shark | any of numerous mostly marine cartilaginous fishes of medium to large size that have a fusiform body, lateral branchial clefts, and a tough usually dull gray skin roughened by minute tubercles and are typically active predators sometimes dangerous to humans | If you refer to a person as a shark, you disapprove of them because they trick people out of their money by giving bad advice about buying, selling, or investments. |
1038 | smack | characteristic taste or flavor; also : a perceptible taste or tincture | a small quantity |
1039 | sprig | a small shoot : twig | a small division of grass used for propagation |
1040 | story | an account of incidents or events | a statement regarding the facts pertinent to a situation in question |
1041 | taw | to tan (skins) usually by a dry process (as with alum or salt) | the line from which the players shoot in marbles |
1042 | till | In spoken English and informal written English, till is often used instead of until. | A till is the drawer of a cash register, in which the money is kept. |
1043 | verge | brink, threshold | something that borders, limits, or bounds: such as |
1044 | wattle | a fabrication of poles interwoven with slender branches, withes, or reeds and used especially formerly in building | material for such construction |
1045 | ancient | having had an existence of many years | of or relating to a remote period, to a time early in history, or to those living in such a period or time; especially : of or relating to the historical period beginning with the earliest known civilizations and extending to the fall of the western Roman Empire in a.d. 476 |
1046 | ash | any of a genus (Fraxinus) of trees of the olive family with pinnate leaves, thin furrowed bark, and gray branchlets | the tough elastic wood of an ash |
1047 | barn | a usually large building for the storage of farm products or feed and usually for the housing of farm animals or farm equipment | an unusually large and usually bare building |
1048 | briar | a plant (such as a rose, blackberry, or greenbrier) having a usually woody and thorny or prickly stem | a mass of briars |
1049 | bun | a sweet or plain small bread; especially : a round roll | a knot of hair shaped like a bun |
1050 | buttery | a storeroom for liquors | pantry |
1051 | capo | a movable bar attached to the fingerboard of a fretted instrument to uniformly raise the pitch of all the strings | the presumed title of a Mafia leader |
1052 | chap | a crack in or a sore roughening of the skin caused by exposure to wind or cold | A chap is a man or boy. |
1053 | comfort | to give strength and hope to : cheer | to ease the grief or trouble of : console |
1054 | cr | center | circular |
1055 | do | to bring to pass : carry out | put —used chiefly in do to death |
1056 | fairing | a present bought or given at a fair | gift |
1057 | flageolet | a small fipple flute resembling the treble recorder | a high-pitched musical instrument of the recorder family having six or eight finger holes |
1058 | fluence | particle density or energy density, used to describe the output of a radiation field or of a laser beam | a flow; flowing |
1059 | forte | one’s strong point | the part of a sword or foil blade that is between the middle and the hilt and that is the strongest part of the blade |
1060 | gelation | the action or process of freezing | the act or process of forming into a gel |
1061 | gob | lump | a large amount —usually used in plural |
1062 | hanger | one that hangs or causes to be hung or hanged | something that hangs, overhangs, or is suspended: such as |
1063 | hock | the tarsal joint or region in the hind limb of a digitigrade quadruped (such as the horse) corresponding to the human ankle but elevated and bending backward | a joint of a fowl’s leg that corresponds to the hock of a quadruped |
1064 | jock | athlete; especially : a school or college athlete | a person devoted to a single pursuit or interest |
1065 | kit | a collection of articles usually for personal use | a set of tools or implements |
1066 | lap | a loose overlapping or hanging panel or flap especially of a garment | the skirt of a coat or dress |
1067 | lighten | to make light or clear : illuminate | enlighten |
1068 | maroon | Something that is maroon is dark reddish-purple in colour. | If someone is marooned somewhere, they are left in a place that is difficult for them to escape from. |
1069 | may | used to indicate possibility or probability sometimes used interchangeably with can sometimes used where might would be expected | have permission to : be free to —used nearly interchangeably with can |
1070 | metre | A metre is a metric unit of length equal to 100 centimetres. | In the study of poetry, metre is the regular and rhythmic arrangement of syllables according to particular patterns. |
1071 | noodle | a stupid person : simpleton | head, noggin |
1072 | -ot | occupational therapist; occupational therapy | Old Testament |
1073 | poi | a Hawaiian food prepared from the cooked corms of taro that are mashed with water to the consistency of a paste or thick liquid and often allowed to ferment | a ball of woven flax swung rhythmically in poi dances |
1074 | poon | a foolish or ineffectual person | the wood of any of these trees, used esp. in ships, cabinetwork, etc. |
1075 | posy | a brief sentiment, motto, or legend | bouquet, nosegay |
1076 | pyrrhic | a metrical foot consisting of two short or unaccented syllables | a war dance of ancient Greece |
1077 | quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows | the arrows in a quiver |
1078 | rally | to muster for a common purpose | to recall to order |
1079 | rick | a stack (as of hay) in the open air | a pile of material (such as cordwood) split from short logs |
1080 | ruck | the usual run of persons or things : generality | an indistinguishable gathering : jumble |
1081 | sax | saxophone often used before another noun | a tool resembling a small axe, used for cutting roofing slate |
1082 | sconce | a bracket candlestick or group of candlesticks; also : an electric light fixture patterned on a candle sconce | head, skull |
1083 | scupper | an opening cut through the bulwarks of a ship so that water falling on deck may flow overboard | an opening in the wall of a building through which water can drain from a floor or flat roof |
1084 | slug | sluggard | a lump, disk, or cylinder of material (such as plastic or metal): such as |
1085 | spade | a digging implement adapted for being pushed into the ground with the foot | a spade-shaped instrument |
1086 | stoop | to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees | to stand or walk with a forward inclination of the head, body, or shoulders |
1087 | temporal | of or relating to time as opposed to eternity | of or relating to earthly life |
1088 | tiddly | slightly drunk | If you describe a thing as tiddly, you mean that it is very small. |
1089 | vent | to provide with a vent | to serve as a vent for |
1090 | ware | manufactured articles, products of art or craft, or farm produce : goods often used in combination | an article of merchandise |
1091 | apostrophe | a mark ‘ used to indicate the omission of letters or figures, the possessive case (as in John’s book) | ), or the plural of letters or figures (as in the 1960’s |
1092 | at | used as a function word to indicate presence or occurrence in, on, or near | —used as a function word to indicate the goal of an indicated or implied action or motion |
1093 | barrow | mountain, mound used only in the names of hills in England | a large mound of earth or stones over the remains of the dead : tumulus |
1094 | brier | a plant (such as a rose, blackberry, or greenbrier) having a usually woody and thorny or prickly stem | a mass of briars |
1095 | bum | Someone’s bum is the part of their body which they sit on. | A bum is a person who has no permanent home or job and who gets money by working occasionally or by asking people for money. |
1096 | bye | the position of a participant in a tournament who advances to the next round without playing | Bye and bye-bye are informal ways of saying goodbye. |
1097 | chart | map: such as | an outline map exhibiting something (such as climatic or magnetic variations) in its geographical aspects |
1098 | clove | one of the small bulbs (as in garlic) developed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb | Cloves are small dried flower buds used as a spice. |
1099 | con | something (such as a ruse) used deceptively to gain another’s confidence; also : a confidence game : swindle | If someone cons you, they persuade you to do something or believe something by telling you things that are not true. |
1100 | cos | companies | consul; consulship |
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1. What are Homonyms, and how can I learn about them?
Homonyms are words with the same spelling or pronunciation but different meanings. You can explore them through various resources or conveniently through the “English Listening & Speaking” app here.
2. Could you provide practical examples of Homonyms?
Certainly! The “English Listening & Speaking” app offers interactive lessons and examples of homonyms for comprehensive learning.
3. Where can I find Homonyms explained in detail?
The “English Listening & Speaking” app features detailed explanations and examples of homonyms to enhance your understanding.
4. What’s the difference between Homonyms and Homophones?
Homonyms have the same spelling or pronunciation but different meanings, while homophones sound alike but have different meanings. Dive deeper into this distinction through the “English Listening & Speaking” app.
5. Can you explain the concept of Homonymy?
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6. How can I access lessons on Homonyms and their meanings?
Download the “English Listening & Speaking” app to access lessons, examples, and meanings of homonyms at your convenience.
7. Does the app cover medical terms like “Homonymous Hemianopia”?
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8. Is there support for learning Homonyms in Gujarati within the app?
Yes, the “English Listening & Speaking” app supports learning in multiple languages, including explanations of Homonyms in Gujarati.
9. How can I improve my vocabulary with Homonyms using the app?
Engage with interactive exercises and lessons tailored to enhance your vocabulary through the “English Listening & Speaking” app.
10. Are there specific examples of Homonyms like “rock” explained in the app?
Yes, explore words like “rock” and their different meanings through the detailed examples provided in the “English Listening & Speaking” app.
11. Does the app offer Homonyms with meanings and sentences?
Absolutely! The “English Listening & Speaking” app includes Homonyms with meanings and sentences for practical understanding.
12. Where can I find the meaning of Homonyms in Hindi through the app?
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13. Can I learn about 50 Homonyms with meanings through the app?
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14. How many Homonyms examples with meanings and sentences are available in the app?
The “English Listening & Speaking” app provides a variety of Homonyms examples with meanings and sentences to facilitate effective learning.
15. Is there a section in the app dedicated to Homonyms with pictures?
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16. Can I find information about Homonyms on Wikipedia through the app?
The “English Listening & Speaking” app offers external resource links, including Wikipedia pages, to further expand your knowledge on Homonyms.
17. Does the app offer downloadable PDFs for Homonyms with meanings and sentences?
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18. Can I access lessons on 10 Homonyms with meanings through the app?
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19. How can the “English Listening & Speaking” app help in learning?
The app provides structured lessons and exercises specifically tailored for learning 20 Homonyms with meanings efficiently.
20. Are there interactive exercises for 50 Homonyms with meaning and sentences?
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