One word but two different meanings -14

  FARE                      FISH                          LAMP                      RAMBLING                     SPIT                               SOLE               CRASH                         FILE                  SLIP                 MINUTE
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
FARE    (N/V)

Meanings-
Known
  • the money that you pay to travel by bus, plane, taxi, etc
  • to be successful/unsuccessful in a particular situation
Hidden:
food that is offered as a meal

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
FISH  (N/V)

Meanings-
Known
  • a creature that lives in water
Hidden:
to search for something, using your hands

                                                                                                                                                                                                           
 LAMP   (N/V)

Meanings-
Known
  • a device that uses electricity, oil or gas to produce light
Hidden: 
As Verb:- to hit somebody very hard

                                                                                                                                                                                                
RAMBLING   (N/V)

Meanings-
Known
  • the activity of walking for pleasure in the countryside
Other Meaning:-
spreading in various directions with no particular pattern

                                                                                                                                                     
SPIT   (N/V)

Meanings-
Known
  • the liquid that is produced in your mouth
  • to force liquid, food etc. out of your mouth
Hidden:
a long thin piece of land that sticks out into the sea/ocean, a lake, etc


                                                                                                                         
SOLE   (N/V)

Meanings-
Known
  • single, belonging to one person or group
Hidden:
the bottom surface of the foot or a shoe

                                                                                                                                                     
CRASH   (N/V)

Meanings-
  • an accident in which a vehicle hits something
  • a sudden loud noise made by something falling or breaking
  • a sudden serious fall in the price
Other Meaning:
involving hard work or a lot of effort over a short period of time in order to achieve quick results

                                                                                                                                                     
SLIP   (N/V)

Meaning-
  • to slide a short distance by accident
  • to go something quickly and quietly
Other Meaning:
  • a small mistake
  • a small piece of paper for writing something
  • a position in cricket

                                                                   
FILE    (N/V)

Meanings-
Known
  • a box or folded piece of card for keeping lse papers together and in order
  • a collection of information stored together in a computer, under a particular name
Other Meaning:
  • to walk in a line of people, one after the other, in a particular direction
Hidden:
a metal tool with a rough surface for cutting and shaping hard substances or for making them smooth             


MINUTE    (N/V)

Meanings-
Known
  • 1/60th of an hour
Hidden:
As a Noun:- a short note on a subject, especially one that recommends a course of action
As a Verb:- to write down something that is said at a meeting in the official record.
eg.:- I'd like that last remark to be minuted.



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