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Polysemy
Polysemy
Ambiguity
Lecture 3
Homonymy
Homonymy
Polysemy
Polysemy
Polysemy
bank
1. an organization that provides various financial services, for
example keeping or lending money;
2. (in gambling) a supply of money or things that are used as money
in some games, especially those in which gambling is involved;
3. an amount of something that is collected; a place where
something is stored ready for use (a bank of knowledge)
4. the side of a river,canal, etc. and the land near it.
5. (slope) a raised area of ground that slopes at the sides, often at
the edge of something or dividing something.
smooth_____
2. The sea was rough and no swimming allowed.
3. Rugby's a rough game at the best of times.
4. It was quite a rough part of our town.
5. All women have a rough time in our society.
6. The virus won't go away and the lad is still feeling a bit rough.
7. We were only able to make a rough estimate of how much fuel
would be required.
8. I've got a rough idea of what he looks like.
9. The bench had a rough wooden table in front of it.