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The List of Homonyms
This is The List of Homonyms which contains all the Homonyms.
Rain:
1. The condensed moisture of the atmosphere falling visibly to earth in separate drops
2. A large quantity of things falling or descending
Rein:
1. A long, narrow strap attached at one end to a horse’s bit, typically used in pairs to guide or check a horse in riding or driving
2. To check or guide a horse by tugging on its reins
3. (Reins)The power to direct and control
Reign:
1. To rule as a monarch or a king
2. The period of rule of monarch
3. The period during which someone or something is predominant or pre-eminent
Raise:
1. Lift or move to a higher position or level
2. Construct or build(a structure)
3. Increase the amount, level or strength of
4. Promote to higher level
5. Cause to be heard or felt, considered
6. Generate (a bill, invoice)
7. Collect or levy(money or resources)
8. Bring up a child
9. Breed or grow(animals or plants)
10. Wake up from sleep or bring back from death
11. Abandon or force to abandon (a blockade, embargo, siege etc…)
Raze: Tear down and destroy (a building, town, village etc…)
Rise: Get up, stand up, come up, come out etc…
Rap: A sharp knock, to strike with a series of rapid audible blows
Wrap:
1. Cover or enclose in paper or soft material
2. (Informal) Finish or conclude something
Read: To look at and comprehend the meaning of written or printed matter by interpreting the character or symbols of which it is composed, speak aloud (the written or printed matter)
Reed: A tall, slender-leaved plant of the grass family that grows in water or on marshy ground
Roe:
1. The mass of eggs contained in the ovaries of a female fish or shellfish, especially when ripe and used as food
2. A small deer with a reddish summer coat that turns grayish in water
Row:
1. A number of people or things in a more or less straight line
2. Propel a boat with oars
3. (Informal) A heated quarrel
4. A loud noise or uproar
Root: A temporary stop in action or in speech
Route: A way or course taken in getting from a starting point to a destination, a path of travel
Rot:
1. Decompose by action of bacteria and fungi, decay
2. The process of decaying
3. Gradually deteriorate or decline
Wrought: (Of metal) beaten out or shaped by hammering
Rote: Mechanical or habitual repetition
Wrote: Has written, past tense of write
Rude: Impolite, without manners and a sense of etiquette
Rued: Regretted, to have felt sorry about
Sachet: A small sealed bag or packet containing a limited quantity of something
Sashay:
1. Walk ostentatiously, with exaggerated hip and shoulder movements
2. Perform the sashay
Seam: A line where two pieces of fabric are sewn together in a garment or other article
Seem: Give the impression of being
Sear:
1. Burn or scorch with sudden intense heat
2. (Of pain) Be experienced as a sudden burning sensation
Seer:
1. A person of supposed supernatural insight who sees visions of the future
2. An enlightened person or one who has attained nirvana
3. A varying unit of weight (about one kilo gram) or liquid measure (about one litre), used in the Indian subcontinent
Serf: (During feudal times) An agricultural laborer who has bonded to working on a particular estate
Surf:
1. The mass or line of foam formed by waves breaking on a seashore or reef
2. Stand or lie on the surf board and ride on the crest of a wave towards the shore
3. To be occupied by moving from one web site to another on the internet
Shear:
1. To cut the wool off a sheep or other animal
2. Break off or cause to break of , owing to structural strain
Sheer:
1. Nothing other than, unmitigated (sheer bad luck)
2. Perpendicular or nearly so(of a cliff or a wall)
3. Very thin (Of fabric)
4. Swerve or charge course quickly(especially a boat)
Sic: Written exactly as it appears in the original (used after a copied or quoted word)
Sick:
1. Affected by physical or mental illness
2. Feeling nauseous or wanting to vomit
3. Bored, weary or tired of(Especially through excessive exposure)
4. (Of humor) Dealing offensively with unpleasant or upsetting objects
5. Having abnormal or unnatural
6. tendencies(especially sexual)
Slay: To kill or murder someone
Sleigh:
1. A sledge drawn by horses or reindeers
2. To ride on sledge
Soar:
1. Fly or rise high into air
2. Increase rapidly above the usual level
Sore:
1. Painful or aching
2. Upset and angry
3. Severe, urgent
Sole:
1. The underside of a person’s foot
2. The underside of a tool or an implement
3. One and only
Soul:
1. The spiritual or immaterial part of a human, regarded as immortal
2. A person who is regarded as the embodiment of some equality
Stake: A wooden pole
Steak: A slice of meat
Stationary:
1. Not moving
2. Not changing in quantity or condition
Stationery: Paper or other material needed for wiring
Storey: A floor or part of a building comprising all the rooms those are on the same level
Story:
1. An account of imagination or real people and events told for entertainment
2. An account of past events, experiences, etc…
3. (Informal) A lie
Succor: Assistance or support during the time of hardship or distress
Sucker: (Informal) A gullible person or one whom it is easy to deceive
Suite: A set of rooms for one person’s or his family’s use or for a particular purpose, especially in a hotel
Sweet:
1. With the pleasant taste characteristic of sugar or honey, not salty, sour, bitter
2. (Of air, water, etc…) Fresh, pure, untainted
3. Pleasing in general, delightful
4. (Of a person) Pleasant and kind or thoughtful
5. A small piece of confectionary made of sugar
6. A sweet dish forming a course of a meal
7. A pudding or dessert
Sundae: A dish of ice with added such as fruit, nuts and syrup or chocolates
Sunday: The day of the week before Monday and after Saturday, observed as a day of rest and religious workshop
Symbol:
1. A thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract
2. A mark or character used as a conventional representation of something
Cymbal: A musical instrument consisting of a slightly concave round brass plate that is either struck against one another or struck with a stick
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