Homonyms

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Homonyms

One of two or more words that have the same sound and often the same spelling but differ in meaning. (American Heritage Dictionary, Third Edition) µ¿Çüµ¿À½ÀÌÀǾî(ÔÒúþÔÒëå×äëò: homonym)Àº öÀÚµµ °°°í ¹ßÀ½µµ °°Áö¸¸ ´Ù¸¥ Àǹ̸¦ Áö´Ï´Â ´Ü¾îµéÀÌ´Ù.
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A

¡¡
: a very short little insignificant English word
¡¡ eh an interrogative utterance
: acts things done
¡¡ ax chopping tool
: ad short for advertisement
¡¡ add short for addition
: adds performs additions
¡¡ ads more than one advertisement
¡¡ adze axe-like tool
: ade fruit beverage
¡¡ aid to assist
¡¡ aide an assistant
: aerie eagle's nest
¡¡ airy breezy
: aero of aircraft
¡¡ arrow slender, pointed shaft :
: affect to change
¡¡ effect result
: ail sick
¡¡ ale beer :
: air stuff we breathe
¡¡ are 1/100th of a hectare
¡¡ e'er contraction of "ever"
¡¡ ere eventually
¡¡ err to make a mistake
¡¡ heir one who will inherit :
: aisle walkway
¡¡ I'll contraction of "I will"
¡¡ isle island
: all everything
¡¡ awl pointed scriber
: allowed permitted
¡¡ aloud spoken
: altar raised center of worship
¡¡ alter to change
: an a single instance
¡¡ Ann a woman's name
: ant insect
¡¡ aunt parent's sister
: ante preliminary bet
¡¡ auntie sister of a parent
: arc portion of a circle
¡¡ ark vessel
: ascent the climb
¡¡ assent to agree :
: ate past tense of eat
¡¡ eight the number base of octal
: auger a drill
¡¡ augur foretell :
: aught anything
¡¡ ought should :
: aural of hearing
¡¡ oral of the mouth :
: auricle external part of the ear
¡¡ oracle seer
: away distant
¡¡ aweigh just clear of the bottom :
: awed in a state of wonder
¡¡ odd not usual :
: aweful filled with awe
¡¡ awful really bad
¡¡ offal butchered entrails
: aye naval affirmative
¡¡ eye ocular organ
¡¡ I oneself

B

 

¡¡
: bail bucket handle
¡¡ bale bundle of hay
: bailed pumping water out of a boat
¡¡ baled to gather into a bale
: bailee a person to whom goods are committed for custody or repair
¡¡ bailey the outer wall of a castle
¡¡ bailie a municipal officer in Scotland
: bailer one who bails (water)
¡¡ bailor a person that entrusts goods to a bailee
¡¡ baler one who bales (hay)
: bailing pumping water out of a boat
¡¡ baling wire used to tie bales
: bait to torment
¡¡ bate to lessen
: baited past tense of bait
¡¡ bated past tense of bate
: baiting tormenting
¡¡ bating lessening
: baize green felt
¡¡ bays one or more enclosed arms of the ocean
¡¡ beys one or more Turkish officials
: bald hairless
¡¡ balled carnal knowledge
¡¡ bawled cried aloud
: ball playful orb
¡¡ bawl to cry
: band a group
¡¡ banned forbidden
: bard a poet
¡¡ barred enclosed by poles
: bare naked
¡¡ bear wild ursine
: bark outer sheath of a tree
¡¡ barque square-rigged sailing ship
: baron minor royalty
¡¡ barren unable to bear children
: Barry a man's name
¡¡ berry small fruit
¡¡ bury to take under
: basal forming the base
¡¡ basil an herb
: base the bottom support for anything
¡¡ bass the lowest musical pitch or range
: based supported
¡¡ baste to swab with liquid during cooking
: bases what baseball players like to steal
¡¡ basis principal constituent of anything
¡¡ basses many four-stringed guitars
: bask to warm oneself pleasantly
¡¡ basque tightfitting bodice or tunic (or, people of the Pyrenees)
: bat a blind, flying rodent
¡¡ batt a flat pad
: baud bits per second
¡¡ bawd brothel manager
: bay an enclosed arm of the ocean
¡¡ bey a Turkish official
: be to exist
¡¡ bee pollinating buzzer
: beach where i want to be
¡¡ beech a type of tree
: bean a legume
¡¡ been past tense of be
: beat to hit
¡¡ beet edible red root
: beau male friend
¡¡ bow a curve or bend; double-slipped reef knot
: beaut slang for beauty, beautiful
¡¡ butte steep sided hill
: been past tense of be
¡¡ bin a box or container
: beer universally brewed comfort food
¡¡ bier a temporary frame for a coffin
: bel indian thorn tree
¡¡ Bel Babylonian god
¡¡ bell ding ding
¡¡ belle beautiful woman
: berth anchorage
¡¡ birth your method of arrival
: besot to get drunk
¡¡ besought past tense of beseech
: better superior
¡¡ bettor one who bets
: bight middle of a rope
¡¡ bite a mouthful
¡¡ byte eight bits
: billed has a bill
¡¡ build to construct
: bit past tense of bite
¡¡ bitt large cleat for tying up ships
: blew past tense of blow
¡¡ blue color of California sky
: bloc an alliance
¡¡ block square object
: boar wild pig
¡¡ Boer a South African of Dutch descent
¡¡ boor tasteless buffoon
¡¡ bore not interesting
: board a plank
¡¡ bored not interested
: boarder lodger who gets meals, too
¡¡ border perimeter
: bode an omen
¡¡ bowed curved
: bold brave
¡¡ bowled knocked over
: bolder more courageous
¡¡ boulder large rock
: bole trunk
¡¡ boll round seed pod
¡¡ bowl dish
: boos disparaging sounds from fans
¡¡ booze whiskey
: born brought into life
¡¡ borne past participle of bear
¡¡ bourn a small stream or boundary
: borough township
¡¡ burrow dig into the ground
: bough tree branch
¡¡ bow front of a ship; respectful bend
: bouy navigational aid
¡¡ boy male child
: bra brassiere
¡¡ braw well-groomed
: braid a weave of three strands
¡¡ brayed a donkey cried
: braise cook with oil and water
¡¡ brays loud, harsh cry
: brake stopping device
¡¡ break to split apart
: breach to break through
¡¡ breech the back part
: bread a loaf
¡¡ bred past tense of breed
: brewed fermented
¡¡ brood family
: brews more than one beer
¡¡ bruise a contusion
: bridal pertaining to brides
¡¡ bridle horse's headgear
: broach to raise a subject
¡¡ brooch an ornament fastened to clothes
: brows multiple foreheads
¡¡ browse grazing
: bundt type of cake
¡¡ bunt hit a pitch without swinging
: burger meat sandwich
¡¡ burgher merchant
: bus large multi-passenger vehicle
¡¡ buss a kiss
: bussed kissed
¡¡ bust head and shoulders sculpture
: but excepting
¡¡ butt the thick end
: buy to purchase
¡¡ by near
¡¡ bye farewell
: buyer one who purchases
¡¡ byre a cow barn

¡¡

C

 

¡¡
: cache hidden storage
¡¡ cash legal tender
: cached hidden away
¡¡ cashed converted to legal tender
: calendar chart of days
¡¡ calender paper press
: call to summon
¡¡ caul amnionic membrane
¡¡ col a mountain pass
: caller one who calls
¡¡ collar my cat has collar ID
: can't contraction of "can not"
¡¡ cant a bevel
: cannon big gun
¡¡ canon body of law
: canter a moderate gallop
¡¡ cantor singer
: canvas rough cloth
¡¡ canvass to examine thoroughly
: capital most important
¡¡ capitol center of government :
: carat unit of weight for precious stones, equal to 200 milligrams
¡¡ caret proofreader's insertion mark
¡¡ carrot edible orange root
¡¡ karat one 24th part of otherwise pure gold
: carol Christmas song
¡¡ carrel study enclosure
: carpal a bone of the carpus
¡¡ carpel a pistil
: cast to throw
¡¡ caste a social class
: caster one who throws
¡¡ castor beaver's smelly gland
: cause generative force
¡¡ caws sounds of crows
: cay a low island
¡¡ key opens locks
¡¡ quay a wharf :
: cedar an evergreen tree
¡¡ seeder one who broadcasts seeds :