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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Member Posts: 4,011
    edited March 2008

    back (body part)

    back (home)

  • MissShapen
    MissShapen Member Posts: 3,963
    edited March 2008

    lash (to strike violently)

    lash (eyelash)

  • WellWater
    WellWater Member Posts: 4,524
    edited March 2008

    recover (get well)

    recover (put new covers on the seats)

  • MissShapen
    MissShapen Member Posts: 3,963
    edited March 2008

    purse (a handbag)

    purse (pucker - purse your lips)

  • hi5
    hi5 Member Posts: 125
    edited March 2008

    Hmmmm sounds like some of the sisters are loooking up the words in the dictionary... I thought this was supposed to be a brain exercise!!!LOL

    bite/bite

  • hi5
    hi5 Member Posts: 125
    edited March 2008

    PS.... the homograph game was started a few months back... same game

  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Member Posts: 4,011
    edited March 2008

    hi5 - I will speak for myself...I put a definition after each word, simply to define each meaning...it's an additional means of strengthening my chemo brain.

    block (building)

    block (stop)

  • MissShapen
    MissShapen Member Posts: 3,963
    edited March 2008

    Hi5, This is the Homograph game. I assume you're talking about the Homophone game when you say this game was started a few months ago.

    A homophone is a word that is pronounced the same as another word but differs in meaning. The words may be spelled the same or differently.

    A homograph is one of a group of words that share the same spelling but have different meanings. When spoken, the meanings are sometimes, but not necessarily, distinguished by different pronunciations.

    So while somewhat similar, they are definitely different.

    I believe the reason we put the meanings there is so everyone will know the meanings we were thinking of. Sometimes I do look up my word to get help on putting my definition down in an easily understood way. Obviously, we have to think of the homograph ahead of time to be able to look it up. We're just going the extra mile.

    My sister in law used to make fun of my mom, who had Alzheimer's disease, because she would look in the back of the crossword puzzle book for the answers, then fill out the puzzle. I let her know how many steps it took to look in the back, find the correct puzzle, then find the correct boxes to put the word into. While my mother was not coming up with the answers herself, she was indeed using her brain to the best of her ability. How I wish she had that much ability today.

    We are all breast cancer survivors here, at different stages of treatment, etc. Let's be supportive and encouraging at least while we play games. We're just trying to have a little fun and if we help our brains while doing it, all the better. If not, no harm done.

    Okay, time for me to go to bed.

    Miss S

  • suecco
    suecco Member Posts: 46
    edited March 2008

    glasses (wine mmm!)

    glasses (worn to improve eyesight)

  • WellWater
    WellWater Member Posts: 4,524
    edited March 2008

    hi5:  Please - no drama on this HUMOR and GAMES thread.  I love word games and get a kick out of seeing how many words are actually homographs or homophones........I don't think it matters one bit if someone looks up a word to better explain it.  Join us and enjoy, but if you don't want to then you can ..........

    Object (disagree)

    object (person or thing)

  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Member Posts: 4,011
    edited March 2008

    free (no cost)

    free (to let go)

  • WellWater
    WellWater Member Posts: 4,524
    edited March 2008

    cast (the actors in a production)

    cast (binding put on a broken limb)

  • MissShapen
    MissShapen Member Posts: 3,963
    edited March 2008

    Mark (a person's name)

    mark (a target)

    mark (a pencil mark)

  • LUVmy2girlZ
    LUVmy2girlZ Member Posts: 880
    edited March 2008

    Bob ( name )

    Bob ( For apples )

  • MissShapen
    MissShapen Member Posts: 3,963
    edited March 2008

    kind (nice)

    kind (breed or type)

  • LUVmy2girlZ
    LUVmy2girlZ Member Posts: 880
    edited March 2008

    leaf (tree )

    leaf ( table )

  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Member Posts: 4,011
    edited March 2008

    frost (a cake)

    frost (icy)

  • hi5
    hi5 Member Posts: 125
    edited March 2008

    My

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    hi5 Member Posts: 125
    edited March 2008

    My apologies

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    edited March 2008

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    edited March 2008

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    edited March 2008

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    edited March 2008

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    hi5 Member Posts: 125
    edited March 2008

    My apologies

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    hi5 Member Posts: 125
    edited March 2008

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    hi5 Member Posts: 125
    edited March 2008

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    hi5 Member Posts: 125
    edited March 2008

    My apologies

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    hi5 Member Posts: 125
    edited March 2008

    My apologies

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    hi5 Member Posts: 125
    edited March 2008

    My apologies

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