Words with multiple meanings

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bow

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to bend at the waist and bow a

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decorative knot

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tear to rip something and tear a drop of

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liquid from the eye we also have lead a

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type of metal and lead to guide or

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direct

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so as you can see they can cause

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confusion in writing because of their

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identical spelling and finally we have

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homonyms which are words that have the

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same spelling and pronunciation but

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different meanings homonyms can be

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considered a combination of homophones

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and homographs and thus cause confusion

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in both speaking and writing so much fun

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here are some examples we have bark the

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outer covering of a tree and bark

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the sound a dog makes Bank a financial

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institution and Bank the side of a river

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but a flying mammal and bat a piece of

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sports equipment okay now that we have

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all of that background info out of the

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way let's see how you do with some of

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these play on words if you don't

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understand them that's okay let's just

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see how you do okay firstly

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did you hear about the guy whose whole

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left side was cut off

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he's all right now

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do