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Originally Posted by angiekey
contranyms are a single word that has two opposite meanings.
For example: cleave. It can mean to join together (they were cleaved as man and wife) or to separate (they cleaved his head from his body).
Or dust. It can mean to sprinkle with a powder (dusting the cookies with powdered sugar) or removing powder (dusting the shelves).
I'm a total word geek, so learning this made my day!
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Ooooo this is so interesting! Thanks for sharing, Angie!
