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Homonyms Quiz #8

Can you guess each homonym based on two different definitions?
Homonyms are words that have the same spelling and pronunciation, but different meanings.
Includes both true and polysemous homonyms
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First submittedJuly 21, 2014
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Meaning #1
Meaning #2
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Part of the hand
Tropical tree
Palm
To go underwater
Seedy bar
Dive
Elongated back of
a dress
Locomotive
Train
Said something
Part of a bicycle wheel
Spoke
Part of a tree
Large suitcase or chest
Trunk
Bricklayer's paste
Small artillery weapon
Mortar
Cliff
To misrepresent
one's poker hand
Bluff
Noise
Narrow oceanic inlet
Sound
Ogre-like beast
To post infuriating
comments on the web
Troll
Bee product
To increase in power
Wax
Meaning #1
Meaning #2
Answer
Up to date
Flow of electricity
Current
Measure of loudness
A book
Volume
To melt together
Bomb igniter
Fuse
Teeming with
vegetation
Slang for an
alcoholic
Lush
Funeral vigil
Waves caused by
a ship
Wake
Elegance
Divine forgiveness
Grace
Place for horses
Not volatile
Stable
Preliminary version
Conscription
Draft
Gratuity
Informant's info
Tip
Small quantity in
a recipe
A short run
Dash
thecoolestdude2
+23
Level 68
Dec 20, 2014
That moment you look at the answers and realize you could've gotten them all...
toubib88
+2
Level 30
Jan 11, 2015
Excellent quiz
CaritasInVeritate
+4
Level 91
Mar 16, 2017
Grace would be more Divine help than forgiveness.
dasims45
+1
Level 81
Mar 20, 2017
Only in Roman Catholicism.
cathlete
+1
Level 74
Aug 16, 2020
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. No where in the Christian definition of grace does it mention forgiveness. Usually something like "bestowal of blessings'
Baltimorean
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Level 67
Aug 24, 2017
And to celebrate one of the answers, here's https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpDhq4yrBFY, written by Billy Strayhorn and performed by Sarah Vaughan.
ander217
+7
Level 75
Aug 24, 2017
Any time I score 100% I think it's a great quiz. This is a great quiz, QM.
DonTheLamplighter
+1
Level 84
Aug 26, 2017
I'll second that! :-) Finally got "wax" with 0:02 remaining. Whew!
stockiebasher97
+10
Level 60
Aug 24, 2017
I've never heard of a drunk person being referred to as being lush. Could just be a US thing, I suppose.
KWOrpheus
+5
Level 78
Aug 24, 2017
I've never heard the term used either, despite having lived in the U.S. my entire life. Perhaps it's regional? I can only speculate.
Malbaby
+4
Level 71
Aug 27, 2017
Go on drinking sprees and you will get called it!
Sifhraven
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Level 67
Mar 21, 2024
I have heard of it (and got it) and I am not from an english speaking country.
larrylevine
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Level 67
Aug 24, 2017
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lush
diamadi
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Level 52
Aug 24, 2017
In that case, it tends to be used as a noun - "S/He's a lush" as opposed to an adjective.
cornflakesfu
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Level 86
Jul 29, 2018
Probably a bit old-fashioned, I'd say.
blizzrd33
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Level 79
Nov 21, 2019
Never heard of this meaning for lush.
Pearl2270
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Level 79
Oct 30, 2021
I live in the midwest US and I've heard it from my older, boomer family members. Not something I've heard anyone younger than about 50 say, so I think it's a phrase that's dying out a bit. My mom always says, "You lush!" if I get drunk lol.
manchesterutd10
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Level 55
Aug 24, 2017
Narrow inlet is a pretty inaccurate way to describe a sound. At least where I live in NC, a sound is very large oceanic inlet, much larger than a fjord and even a bay.
ChipOtley
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Level 74
Aug 25, 2017
and bay could also be a noise, as in baying hounds
MrMagoo
+1
Level 84
Oct 30, 2021
Seconded
prs17
+1
Level 75
Oct 31, 2021
thirded. I tried bay before coming up with sound.
Malbaby
+1
Level 71
Aug 27, 2017
I have to agree, for instance: Puget Sound covers 1.6 million acres and has 2,500 miles of shoreline.
prs17
+1
Level 75
Oct 31, 2021
And Long Island Sound is over 800,000 acres.
Malbaby
+1
Level 71
Aug 27, 2017
I liked this quiz, variety of questions and answers, one or two on the tip of my tongue when the time ran out ...... never mind eh?
Fuse
+9
Level 77
Oct 30, 2021
Yay, I'm an answer :)
prs17
+5
Level 75
Oct 31, 2021
Fun quiz, as usual. but to pick a nit, a locomotive is just the engine. The train includes all the cars that trail behind (or in front of) the locomotive. That's where train of a dress comes from - because it trails behind.
FatSpartanJediLlama
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Level 67
Feb 9, 2022
Missed mortar, grace, and tip. Originally when I took this a long time ago I got only 11 but got tip that time
mikeyheath92
+1
Level 48
Mar 20, 2024
Never known bluff in the context of geography before. Is it an American thing?
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