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Contranyms and Homonyms Table

Word or Phrase	Meaning 1	Meaning 2	Type
Bill	A payment	An invoice for payment	Contranym
Bolt	to secure	to escape or flee	Contranym
Bound	heading to a destination	restrained from movement	Contranym
Buckle	To connect	To break or collapse	Contranym
Cleave	to split or cut apart	to adhere or stick closely to something	Contranym
Clip	To fasten together	To detach or cut apart	Contranym
Consult	to offer advice	to obtain advice	Contranym
Continue	To keep doing an action	To suspend an action	Contranym
Custom	Specialized	Typical	Contranym
Dust	to remove dust from a surface	to cover with dust	Contranym
Enjoin	to order or command someone to do something	to prohibit or prevent someone from doing something	Contranym
Fast	To move quickly	To be firmly fixed in place	Contranym
Fine	of superior quality; excellent	acceptable; good enough	Contranym
Finished	completed	ended	Contranym
First degree	"Most severe (e.g. murder charge)"	"Least severe (e.g. a burn)"	Contranym
Flog	to beat or whip someone as punishment	to promote or sell something aggressively	Contranym
Garnish	to add something (as in food decoration)	to take away (as in garnishing wages)	Contranym
Give out	to provide or distribute something	to stop functioning or to collapse	Contranym
Grade	a level of quality or rank	a classification or standard of performance	Contranym
Hold up	to support or sustain something	to delay or hinder something	Contranym
Lease	to offer property for rent	to pay to use the property	Contranym
Left	to depart from a place	to remain in a place	Contranym
Let	to allow or permit	to hinder or prevent	Contranym
Liege	A feudal lord	A vassal or subject	Contranym
Literally	in a literal sense (not figuratively)	figuratively (used as an intensifier)	Contranym
Mean	to signify or represent	to intend to convey a negative or harsh message	Contranym
Model	an exemplar	a copy or replica	Contranym
Off	deactivated	activated	Contranym
Out	outside or beyond the limits of some location	not in a state of consciousness or extinguished	Contranym
Out of	to be lacking or without something	to be outside of a particular place or situation	Contranym
Overlook	to fail to notice or take into account	to supervise or oversee	Contranym
Oversight	supervision or monitoring of something	failure to notice or do something	Contranym
Put out	Extinguish	Generate	Contranym
Puzzle	a conundrum	to solve a problem	Contranym
Quantum	Significantly large	A minuscule part	Contranym
Quite	to a great extent	not to a great extent	Contranym
Ravel	to entangle	to disentangle	Contranym
Refrain	to stop oneself from doing something	a repeated phrase or line in a song or poem	Contranym
Rent	to pay money to use something	to allow someone to use something in exchange for payment	Contranym
Rock	a solid mineral material	to move back and forth	Contranym
Sanction	to approve of something	to impose a penalty or punishment	Contranym
Sanguine	cheerful and confident	bloodthirsty	Contranym
Scan	to examine closely or scrutinize	to look over quickly or skim	Contranym
Screen	to show	to hide	Contranym
Seed	to sow seeds (plant them)	to shed or remove seeds	Contranym
Shop	a place where goods are sold	to look for merchandise to buy	Contranym
Splice	to join	to separate	Contranym
Strike	to hit or deliver a blow	to miss while trying to hit	Contranym
Table	to present for discussion	to postpone or set aside	Contranym
Temper	to soften or mitigate	to strengthen or harden	Contranym
Throw out	Dispose of something	Present for consideration	Contranym
Transparent	Invisible	Obvious	Contranym
Trim	To decorate	To remove excess from	Contranym
Trip	A journey	A stumble	Contranym
Unbending	Rigid	Relaxing	Contranym
Variety	A particular type	Many types	Contranym
Wear	To endure	To deteriorate	Contranym
Weather	To withstand	To wear away	Contranym
Wind up	To end	To start up	Contranym
With	Alongside	Against	Contranym
Agape	Wide open	Unconditional love	Homonyms
Ball	Spherical object	Dance or formal gathering	Homonyms
Balls	Spheres	Courage/bravery	Homonyms
Bar	Drinking establishment	Obstacle or legal barrier	Homonyms
Bass	Low musical pitch	Type of fish	Homonyms
Bat	Flying mammal	Sports equipment	Homonyms
Battery	Electric power source	Group of artillery	Homonyms
Change	Transformation	Coins/money	Homonyms
Club	Social organization	Striking weapon	Homonyms
Crane	Bird	Lifting machine	Homonyms
Date	Romantic meeting	Fruit	Homonyms
Desert	Arid landscape	Abandon	Homonyms
Discharge	Release from duty	Emit	Homonyms
Display	Exhibition	To show	Homonyms
Down	Soft feathers	Downward direction	Homonyms
Even	Flat/smooth	Equal	Homonyms
Fall	Autumn season	To drop	Homonyms
Fan	Admirer	Device for cooling	Homonyms
Jam	Musical performance	Fruit preserve	Homonyms
Letter	Alphabet character	Postal communication	Homonyms
Lie	Falsehood	Recline	Homonyms
Mint	Herb	Place where money is made	Homonyms
Minute	seconds	Very small	Homonyms
Model	Representation	Fashion figure	Homonyms
Mole	Skin blemish	Underground animal	Homonyms
Moped	Motorized bicycle	Past tense of mope	Homonyms
Nut	Food	Mechanical fastener	Homonyms
Overlook	To miss	To view from above	Homonyms
Palm	Tree	Hand	Homonyms
Pop	Music genre	Sudden sound	Homonyms
Present	Gift	Current time	Homonyms
Quarter	One-fourth	Housing area	Homonyms
Resent	Feel anger again	Re-send	Homonyms
Reservation	Booking	Doubt	Homonyms
Resume	Continue	Employment document	Homonyms
Right	Correct	Direction opposite of left	Homonyms
Ring	Circular band	Sound of bell	Homonyms
Rock	Musical genre	Stone	Homonyms
Row	Argument	Line of objects	Homonyms
Ruler	Measuring tool	Person who governs	Homonyms
Seal	Marine mammal	Official stamp	Homonyms
Second	Time measurement	Next after first	Homonyms
Sign	Indication	To write signature	Homonyms
Spirit	Alcohol	Supernatural being	Homonyms
Spring	Season	Coiled metal	Homonyms
Story	Narrative	Building level	Homonyms
Tear	Rip	Liquid from eye	Homonyms
address	a location	to speak to	Homonyms
advocate	to recommend or support a particular action or plan publicly	"a person who supports or speaks in favor of a cause or policy often in a legal context"	Homonyms
back	the rear part of the body	the opposite side of an object	Homonyms
balance	the state of equilibrium or steadiness	the act of bringing two or more elements into a state of harmony or equality	Homonyms
bank	a financial institution where money is kept	the land alongside a body of water	Homonyms
bark	"the loud sharp sound made by a dog"	the hard outer covering of a tree	Homonyms
bear	a large wild animal	to carry or endure something	Homonyms
bow	to bend at the waist as a sign of respect or greeting	a weapon for shooting arrows	Homonyms
brace	a device that supports or strengthens something	a pair of something	Homonyms
building	"a structure with a roof and walls such as a house"	the act of constructing or making something	Homonyms
can	to be able to do something	a metal container	Homonyms
capital	A city that serves as the seat of government or a significant wealth resource.	An uppercase letter.	Homonyms
chest	the front part of the human body between the neck and the abdomen	a large box used for storage	Homonyms
clip	a small object used for fastening things together	a short segment of film or video	Homonyms
console	a unit that contains controls for electronic equipment	to comfort someone in distress	Homonyms
contact	the act of communication or association with someone	the act of touching or being in physical proximity to something	Homonyms
content	items contained within something	satisfied or happy with a situation	Homonyms
cool	moderately cold	fashionable or trendy	Homonyms
dab	to strike lightly or apply something with a soft touch	a small flat fish	Homonyms
degree	a unit of measurement for angles or temperature	a qualification awarded to students upon completion of a course of study	Homonyms
die	to cease living	a small cube used in games of chance	Homonyms
dove	a small bird often symbolizing peace	the past tense of the verb 'dive'	Homonyms
drain	to remove liquid from something	a channel or pipe through which liquid is discharged	Homonyms
duck	a type of waterfowl	to lower the head or body quickly to avoid something	Homonyms
evening	the latter part of the day and early part of the night	a concluding or declining period	Homonyms
file	a container used to store documents	a collection of data or information	Homonyms
fine	of high quality; excellent	a monetary penalty	Homonyms
firm	A business organization that sells or produces goods or services.	Solid or not soft; fairly hard.	Homonyms
flush	"to become red in the face often due to embarrassment or emotion"	the act of cleaning a toilet with a flow of water	Homonyms
fall	to drop down or descend	the season of autumn	Homonyms
fan	a person who admires or supports someone or something	"a device used to create airflow typically for cooling"	Homonyms
jam	"a thick sweet food made by boiling fruit with sugar often spread on bread"	a situation in which it is difficult or impossible to move because there are too many people or vehicles in one place	Homonyms
gas	"A substance in a state that is neither solid nor liquid such as oxygen or hydrogen used as a fuel for heating and cooking."	"Air in the stomach often causing discomfort or noise."	Homonyms
grave	a burial place for a dead person	serious or solemn	Homonyms
harbor	A sheltered part of a body of water deep enough to provide anchorage for ships.	"To maintain secretly such as harboring a grudge or a belief."	Homonyms
hard	"firm or rigid; not easily dented crushed or pierced"	difficult to do or understand	Homonyms
incline	to bend forward or to cause (something) to bend forward	to lean or slope	Homonyms
intimate	"very close or familiar often in a personal or emotional context"	to imply or suggest something indirectly	Homonyms
land	"the solid part of the surface of the Earth not covered by water"	to arrive or come to rest on a surface	Homonyms
lead	to guide or direct	a type of metal	Homonyms
left	past tense of leave	opposite of right	Homonyms
lighter	A device used to ignite a flame.	Something that is not heavy.	Homonyms
mark	"a visible impression or trace on a surface such as a line cut or stain"	a written or printed symbol used for punctuation	Homonyms
match	a stick for making a flame	to be equal or correspond to something			Homonyms
mean	to signify or represent something	to be unkind or malicious	Homonyms
mind	"the part of a person that thinks reasons feels and remembers"	to be concerned with or to pay attention to something	Homonyms
nail	"a thin pointed piece of metal used for fastening things together"	the hard covering at the end of fingers and toes	Homonyms
notice	to perceive or become aware of something	a formal notification or announcement	Homonyms
novel	a long fictional narrative written in prose	new and original; different from anything that has been done before	Homonyms
number	a mathematical value or quantity	a song in a musical or concert	Homonyms
Object	A material thing	To disagree or protest	Homonyms
Objective	A goal	Unbiased or impartial	Homonyms
Park	A green public space	To stop a vehicle	Homonyms
Patient	A person receiving medical care	Able to wait calmly	Homonyms
Pin	A small pointed piece of metal	To fasten or restrain	Homonyms
Play	A theatrical performance	To engage in a game	Homonyms
Pound	A unit of weight	To strike repeatedly	Homonyms
Proceeds	Money obtained from a sale	To continue forward	Homonyms
Project	A planned undertaking	To throw or cast forward	Homonyms
Roll	To move by turning	A list or document	Homonyms
Rose	A flower	Past tense of rise	Homonyms
Round	Circular shape	To make smooth	Homonyms
Saw	A cutting tool	Past tense of see	Homonyms
Scale	A measuring device	To climb	Homonyms
Sheer	Transparent fabric	Absolute or pure	Homonyms
Show	A performance	To demonstrate	Homonyms
Sink	A basin for water	To go down	Homonyms
Spoke	Part of a wheel	Past tense of speak	Homonyms
Subject	A topic	To be dependent on	Homonyms
Tie	A piece of clothing	To fasten	Homonyms
Train	A railway vehicle	To instruct	Homonyms
Type	A category	To write on a keyboard	Homonyms
Watch	A timepiece	To observe	Homonyms
Wave	A motion in water	To move hand in greeting	Homonyms
Wind	Moving air	To twist or turn	Homonyms
Wound	An injury	Past tense of wind	Homonyms