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Sense Relations Antonymy Synonymy Hyponymy lie vi make a statement that one knows to be untrue; lie vi be, put oneself flat on a horizontal surface or in a resting position; page n. one side of a leaf of paper in a book, periodical, etc.; page n. boy servant, usu. in uniform, in a hotel, club, etc.; base n. the thing or part on which something rests; base adj. having or showing little or no honour, courage or decency; meet vt. to come upon or encounter; meet n. a meeting, gathering, or assembling as for a sporting event 2. Homophones: Words identical in sound but different in spelling and meaning are called homophones. air, heir; bear, bare; pair, pear; son, sun; compliment, complement; principal, principle; stationary, stationery, 3. Homographs: Words identical in spelling but different in sound and meaning are called homographs: e.g.: lead /li:d/ v. guide or take, esp. by going in front, etc. lead /led/ v. easily melted metal of a dull bluish-grey colour sow/s u/ v. put (seed) on or in the ground or in soil;plant (land with seed) sow /sau/ n. a fully grown female pig tear /ti / n. drop of salty water coming from the eye tear / / v. pull sharply apart or to pieces Polysemy The word Polysemy is of Greek origin (GK polys, much + sema, meaning). It has been defined as ...A term used in semantic analysis to refer to a lexical item which has a range of different meanings ( Crystal 1980:274). The ability of one word to denote several senses is one of the basic peculiarities of human speech. A glance at any English