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Language Arts - Miscellaneous - Multiple Meanings
Multiple Meanings
Many words can be used in more than one way so as to have completely different meanings depending on the context in which they are used. Consider the word "charge" as an example:
charge: as in an electrical charge as in running toward someone or something as in paying for something with a credit card
Here are some more examples:
poles: as in the North Pole and the South Pole as in thin sticks of wood or metal which hold up a tent roll: as in a round object traveling down a hill as in a bread-like food item bank: He put his money in the bank. They played on the river bank. fire: She lit the fire. The company had to fire five employees. chest: He put all his toys in a chest. The doctor took an x-ray of her chest.
Many words can have more than one meaning. Consider the word light. Light can refer to weight (as in "The package was light.") or it can refer to an appliance (as in "Would you please turn on the light.") or it can refer to the color of something (as in "She had light brown hair."). Here are some more words with multiple meanings.
yard: the area next to a building or house three feet play: to fool around and have fun a skit or theatrical production leaves: going away from a part of a tree mean: not very nice the intent or purpose of something someone says foot: body part at the end of the legs twelve inches match: an item which goes with another item a stick with a special coating at one end which can start a fire
