For example:
- lupine, pronounced lu-píne or lu-pin, of, like, or relating to a wolf or wolves or a plant of the pea family, with deeply divided leaves and tall, colorful, tapering spikes of flowers.
- does, pronounced dós or duz, the plural of a female deer, and the third person singular present tense conjugation of the verb "do".
- tower. pronounced tow-er or toe-er - pylon, tall structure or one who tows or pulls something.
- appropriate, pronounced a-pro-pré-et or a-pro-pré-ate - suitable, fitting vs to take without permission, expropriate.
- lead, pronounced léd or led - Proceed before vs the poisonous heavy metal.
- read, pronounced réd or red - Both present tense and past
in one spelling.
- unionize, pronounced únyun·ized or un·Íonize - Join a union vs take away ions.
- minute, pronounced min-út or mÍn-úte - 60 seconds vs very small.
- lived, pronounced liv-d or liv-ed - Life in the past vs red in the face.
- bow(ed), pronounced bow(ed) or bów(ed) - Done at the waste/prow of boat vs tie(d) in a ribbon.
- shower, pronounced show·er or shów·er - Like bathing vs one who demonstrates something.
- sewer, pronouncer soo·wer or só·wer - Where the waste water is vs one who uses needles and pins.
- tear, pronounced tér or tare - From the eye vs from a rip.
- router, pronounced router or rooter - machine to mill wood or a horse trained for distance races.
- bass, pronounced base or bass - as in astring bass(viol) vs a fine tasting fish.
- Polish, pronounced Pólish or polish - as in one from Poland or what one does after applying wax to one's car.
- intimate, pronounced in-ti-mit or int-i-mate - meaning close and personal or to suggest imply.
- row, pronounced rou or rów - a noisy dispute or quarrel vs to propel a boat with oars.
- coop, pronounced coop or có-op - a place for chickens or alternate spelling for co-op (co-operatrive)
- present, pronounced pre-zent or pré-zent or pré-sent
-a gift vs to give something or vs be sent in advance - a three-way Heteronym!
- close, pronounced clóz or clós - to shut up vs to be near.
- rebel, pronounced re-bel' or re'bel -to renounce allegiance or subjection vs one who breaks with or opposes constituted authority or the established order.
- contract, pronounced con-tract or ceun-tract - to have a formal writen relationship vs to tighten, shrink in size.
- learned, pronounced lurn'd or lurn-ed - having acquired the knowledge vs being one full of knowledge.
- buffet, pronounce buf-á or buf-et - meal at which people serve themselve vs be hit especially repeatedly.
- desert, pronounced des-ert or de-sert - dry barren region vs abandon.
- dove, pronounced duv or dóve - a small wild pigeon vs plunged into water headfirst.
- entrance, pronounced en-trence or en-trànce - means or place of enter vs fascinate or delight.
- moped, pronounced móp'd or mó-ped - be sad or listless vs low-powered motorbike[Alternate spelling].
- wind, pronounced wind or wínd - movement of the air vs have or follow a curving course.
- wound, pronounced woo-nd or wow-nd - injury in which the skin is broken vs followed a curving course.
- record, pronounced rec-ord or ré-cord -noun, a note or top score vs to capture sound on a storage device.
- produce, pronounced pró-duce or pro-dooce, what comes off the farm vs to make, create something.
- pension, pronounced pen(t)-sh&n or päns-yOn - a fixed sum paid regularly to a person vs accommodations especially at a continental European hotel or boardinghouse.
- refuse, pronounced re-"fyüs or ri-'fyüz - the worthless or useless part of something : trash, garbage vs to show or express unwillingness to do or comply with.
- august, pronounced Or-gist or awe-gust - the month of vs exalted.
- resign, pronounced re-zine or re-sine - give up deliberately vs sign on again See Janus Words.
- resolve, pronounced re-Zolved or re-solved - determine to do vs solve again.
- predial, pronounced pre-dial or pré-di-al - to dial on advance vs of or relating to land or its products.
- project, pronounced pra-ject or pro-ject - noun, a specific plan or design vs verb, to cause to protrude.
- leading, pronounced léd -ing or led-ing - ahead or font spacing.
- slaver, pronounced sláver or slaver - a ship that transports Slaves or Saliva dripping from the mouth.
- axes, pronounced ax-es or ax-és - more tan one axe, hatchet or more than one axis.
- luger, pronounced with a hard g - a type of gun or with a soft g - one who sleds on a luge.
5 comments:
I like "lather." It has three meanings, each with a different pronunciation. Soap will lather, a lather (short a, hard th) makes lathes (wood slates), and a lather (long a, soft th) uses lathes (spinning cutting tools).
Just found 'reside(d/s): To live at a house vs to put new siding on that house.
Don
Another new one. Luger, a german gun or a Winter Olympian.
Don
Just added Axes to heteronyms.
Ejaculate
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