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Heteronyms #1

A heteronym is a word that has a different meaning and pronunciation from another word with the same spelling. How many of these can you figure out?

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Definition 1
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Heteronym
Wide open
Altruistic love
Agape
More than one foundation for an idea
More than one station around the perimeter of the infield in a baseball field
Bases
Type of fish
Large stringed instrument
Bass
Bend down
What you tie with a ribbon when wrapping a gift
Bow
Nearby
To shut
Close
Mix two or more things together
Farm machine that harvests and threshes
Combine
A diminution
To lessen
Decrease
Abandon
An area of land with little or no rainfall
Desert
A cooing bird
Plunged headfirst into water
Dove
More than one oval shape
More than one mark consisting of three periods and indicating an omission of text
Ellipses
Principal role in a play or film
Metal whose use in paints was banned for residential use in 1978 (in the U.S.)
Lead
To remain alive
Relating to a performance or speech given in person, not on an audio or video recording
Live
Very small
Fractional part of an hour
Minute
Able to move
A decorative sculpture that is suspended so as to turn freely in the air
Mobile
A thing
To voice disapproval of
Object
Of or from Poland
To make a surface smooth and shiny by rubbing it
Polish
To manufacture
Food that has been grown
Produce
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To look at and comprehend the meaning of (written or printed matter) by mentally interpreting the characters or symbols of which it is composed
Read
To decline
Trash
Refuse
To start where you left off
Curriculum vitae
Resume
Argument
Propel and steer a small boat
Row
Someone who does needlework
Underground conduit for carrying off drainage and waste
Sewer
To plant seeds
Female pig that has produced at least one litter
Sow
The perceptible natural movement of the air
To make (a clock or other device, typically one operated by clockwork) operate by turning a key or handle
Wind
An injury to living tissue caused by a cut, blow, or other impact
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Wound
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