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	Definition 2	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
Did Definition 2 in the past →	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	Did this in the past ↑	Wound

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