For example, discursive can mean "moving from topic to topic without order" or "proceeding coherently from topic to topic".
2007-11-18 12:04:23 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Cleave is such a word.
It means to split apart .
It also means to bind together.
2007-11-18 12:14:45 · answer #1 · answered by Form F 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In addition to the two all ready definitions presented by Picador for the word "fast" , there is a third that means to abstain from food.
2007-11-18 21:31:30 · answer #2 · answered by THOMAS D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't exactly have the answer to your question, but you have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out, and in which, an alarm goes off by going on.
2007-11-18 20:18:30 · answer #3 · answered by Mr Nice Guy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My dictionary confirms your observation. Well done! The only one I can think of off the top of my addled head is "Fast," which means moving quickly as well as fixed in place.
2007-11-18 20:13:50 · answer #4 · answered by picador 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jumbo shrimp
Military intelligence
2007-11-18 20:18:32 · answer #5 · answered by Huba 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In todays vernacular, "bad" can mean really good and it also has its traditional definition of not good.
2007-11-18 20:09:03 · answer #6 · answered by Just Curious 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oxymoron. Little Big Horn.
2007-11-18 20:41:52 · answer #7 · answered by DR W 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is inconceivable? Can one conceive or not? It would be inconceivable to happen.
2007-11-20 10:56:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋