{
 "source": "https://peabody.kids/flashcards/la-homographs",
 "id": "la-homographs",
 "title": "Homographs: Same Spelling, Different Meanings",
 "category": "language-arts",
 "subject": "English",
 "levels": [
  "3-5",
  "6-8"
 ],
 "description": "Words spelled alike that mean different things, some said differently too.",
 "tags": [
  "homographs",
  "multiple meanings"
 ],
 "frontLabel": "Word",
 "backLabel": "Meanings",
 "cards": [
  [
   "bat",
   "A flying mammal; a stick used to hit a ball"
  ],
  [
   "bark",
   "The sound a dog makes; the outer covering of a tree"
  ],
  [
   "bank",
   "A place that keeps money; the side of a river"
  ],
  [
   "bow (bō)",
   "A knot with loops; a weapon that shoots arrows"
  ],
  [
   "bow (bou)",
   "To bend forward as a greeting"
  ],
  [
   "close (klōz)",
   "To shut"
  ],
  [
   "close (klōs)",
   "Near"
  ],
  [
   "content (KON-tent)",
   "What is inside something"
  ],
  [
   "content (kun-TENT)",
   "Happy and satisfied"
  ],
  [
   "desert (DEZ-ert)",
   "A dry place with little rain"
  ],
  [
   "desert (di-ZERT)",
   "To leave someone behind"
  ],
  [
   "dove (duv)",
   "A kind of bird"
  ],
  [
   "dove (dōv)",
   "Jumped headfirst into water"
  ],
  [
   "fan",
   "A device that moves air; a person who loves a team or star"
  ],
  [
   "file",
   "A folder of papers; a tool for smoothing"
  ],
  [
   "fine",
   "Very good; money paid as a penalty"
  ],
  [
   "firm",
   "Hard and steady; a business"
  ],
  [
   "jam",
   "Fruit spread; to squeeze in tightly"
  ],
  [
   "kind",
   "Gentle and caring; a type or sort"
  ],
  [
   "lead (lēd)",
   "To guide"
  ],
  [
   "lead (led)",
   "A heavy metal"
  ],
  [
   "left",
   "The opposite of right; went away"
  ],
  [
   "light",
   "Not heavy; brightness from a lamp"
  ],
  [
   "match",
   "A stick that lights a flame; a game or contest"
  ],
  [
   "mean",
   "Unkind; to intend; average"
  ],
  [
   "mine (mīn)",
   "Belonging to me"
  ],
  [
   "minute (MIN-it)",
   "Sixty seconds"
  ],
  [
   "minute (mī-NOOT)",
   "Very tiny"
  ],
  [
   "object (OB-jikt)",
   "A thing you can touch"
  ],
  [
   "object (ub-JEKT)",
   "To disagree"
  ],
  [
   "park",
   "A place with grass and trees; to leave a car"
  ],
  [
   "pen",
   "A tool for writing; a fenced area for animals"
  ],
  [
   "present (PREZ-ent)",
   "A gift; right now"
  ],
  [
   "present (pri-ZENT)",
   "To give or show"
  ],
  [
   "produce (PRŌ-doos)",
   "Fruits and vegetables"
  ],
  [
   "produce (pruh-DOOS)",
   "To make"
  ],
  [
   "read (rēd)",
   "To look at words and understand them"
  ],
  [
   "read (red)",
   "Looked at words in the past"
  ],
  [
   "record (REK-ord)",
   "A written account; the best score so far"
  ],
  [
   "record (ri-KORD)",
   "To save sound or video"
  ],
  [
   "refuse (REF-yoos)",
   "Garbage"
  ],
  [
   "refuse (ri-FYOOZ)",
   "To say no"
  ],
  [
   "ring",
   "A circle worn on a finger; to make a bell sound"
  ],
  [
   "rock",
   "A stone; to move back and forth"
  ],
  [
   "row (rō)",
   "A line of things; to paddle a boat"
  ],
  [
   "row (rou)",
   "A noisy argument"
  ],
  [
   "saw",
   "A tool for cutting; looked at (past of see)"
  ],
  [
   "season",
   "A time of year; to add salt or spices"
  ],
  [
   "second",
   "One of sixty parts of a minute; after the first"
  ],
  [
   "sewer (SŌ-er)",
   "A person who sews"
  ],
  [
   "sewer (SOO-er)",
   "An underground drain"
  ],
  [
   "shed",
   "A small storage building; to drop or lose"
  ],
  [
   "sink",
   "A basin for washing; to go under water"
  ],
  [
   "spring",
   "The season after winter; a coil of metal; a jump"
  ],
  [
   "squash",
   "A vegetable; to crush flat"
  ],
  [
   "stalk",
   "The stem of a plant; to follow quietly"
  ],
  [
   "tear (tair)",
   "To rip"
  ],
  [
   "tear (teer)",
   "A drop from the eye"
  ],
  [
   "wind (wind)",
   "Moving air"
  ],
  [
   "wind (wīnd)",
   "To turn or twist"
  ],
  [
   "wound (woond)",
   "An injury"
  ],
  [
   "wound (wound)",
   "Twisted around (past of wind)"
  ],
  [
   "bass (bās)",
   "A low sound or a low voice"
  ],
  [
   "bass (bas)",
   "A kind of fish"
  ],
  [
   "live (liv)",
   "To be alive; to stay in a place"
  ],
  [
   "live (līv)",
   "Happening right now"
  ],
  [
   "use (yooz)",
   "To do something with a tool"
  ],
  [
   "use (yoos)",
   "A purpose"
  ],
  [
   "subject (SUB-jikt)",
   "A topic; a school class"
  ],
  [
   "subject (sub-JEKT)",
   "To make someone go through something"
  ],
  [
   "conduct (KON-dukt)",
   "Behavior"
  ],
  [
   "conduct (kun-DUKT)",
   "To lead or direct"
  ],
  [
   "project (PROJ-ekt)",
   "A planned piece of work"
  ],
  [
   "project (pruh-JEKT)",
   "To throw forward or show on a screen"
  ],
  [
   "permit (PER-mit)",
   "A paper that gives permission"
  ],
  [
   "contract (KON-trakt)",
   "A legal agreement"
  ],
  [
   "contract (kun-TRAKT)",
   "To shrink"
  ],
  [
   "insult (IN-sult)",
   "A rude remark"
  ],
  [
   "invalid (IN-vuh-lid)",
   "A person made weak by illness"
  ],
  [
   "invalid (in-VAL-id)",
   "Not valid; not acceptable"
  ],
  [
   "lie",
   "A false statement; to rest flat"
  ],
  [
   "nail",
   "A thin pointed metal pin; the hard cover on a fingertip"
  ],
  [
   "palm",
   "The inside of your hand; a kind of tree"
  ],
  [
   "pitcher",
   "A person who throws a ball; a jug for liquids"
  ],
  [
   "plant",
   "A living thing that grows; a factory"
  ],
  [
   "pound",
   "A unit of weight; to hit hard"
  ],
  [
   "roll",
   "A small round bread; to turn over and over"
  ],
  [
   "scale",
   "A tool for weighing; the skin of a fish"
  ],
  [
   "seal",
   "A sea animal; to close tightly"
  ],
  [
   "spell",
   "To say letters in order; a magic charm"
  ],
  [
   "stick",
   "A thin piece of wood; to glue"
  ],
  [
   "swallow",
   "To take food down the throat; a bird"
  ],
  [
   "trunk",
   "An elephant's nose; the stem of a tree; the back storage of a car"
  ],
  [
   "well",
   "In a good way; a deep hole with water"
  ],
  [
   "yard",
   "Ground around a house; three feet"
  ],
  [
   "cross",
   "A mark like an X; angry"
  ],
  [
   "fair",
   "Just and equal; a carnival"
  ],
  [
   "pitch",
   "To throw; the highness of a sound"
  ],
  [
   "duck",
   "A water bird; to bend down quickly"
  ],
  [
   "orange",
   "A fruit; a color"
  ],
  [
   "mouse",
   "A small rodent; a computer pointing device"
  ]
 ]
}