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Self-Antonyms: Single Words that Have Two Opposite Meanings
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| Self-Antonyms: Single Words that Have Two Opposite Meanings |
| 08.10.05 (12:13 am) [edit] |
cleave means "to join" (as in "cleave unto") and "to separate or divide"
inoculate means "to protect against" and "to infect with"
cull means "to select" and "to reject"
alight means "to settle onto" and "to dismount from"
fix means "to solve" and "a problem"
screen means "to display" (a movie) and "to hide" (his view)
oversight means a kind of error, and a kind of prevention from error
snap means "to break into pieces" and "to fasten together"
weather means "to disintegrate or wear" and "to come through safely, survive"
[I noticed that in some instances it was a noun and a verb that were antonyms in concept. I wonder if that counts. Don't ask me where I got this from. I don't remember.]
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posted by: sweetsue (reply)
post date: 08.10.05 (1:21 pm)
thanks for the refresher course of these words and meanings..cool
posted by: newbie (reply)
post date: 08.10.05 (6:16 pm)
OOhhhh. tts really intreesting.
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