polyseme is the term for a word that has two meanings.
polyseme is the term for a word that has two meanings.
term for a word that has two meanings?
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"homonymic" puns, another common type, arise from the exploitation of words which are both homographs and homophones. the statement "being in politics is just like playing golf: you are trapped in one bad lie after another" puns on the two meanings of the word "lie" as "a deliberate untruth" and as "the position in which something rests". an adaptation of a joke repeated by isaac asimov gives us "did you hear about the little moron who strained himself while running into the screen door?" playing on "strained" as "to give much effort" and "to filter". a homonymic pun may also be polysemic, in which the words must be homonymic and also possess related meanings, a condition that is often subjective. however, lexicographers define polysemes as listed under a single dictionary lemma (a unique numbered meaning) while homonyms are treated in separate lemmata.
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catling is an english surname that may also refer to a kitten, a juvenile cat. notable people with the surname include:









































bullet::::- brian catling (born 1948), english sculptor, poet, novelist, film maker, and performance artist









































bullet::::- hector catling (1924–2013), british archaeologist









































bullet::::- patrick skene catling (born 1915), british children's book author and book reviewer









































bullet::::- richard catling (1912–2005), british police officer in british palestine and commissioner of police in kenya









































bullet::::- richard w. v. catling british archaeologist, son of archaeologist hector w. catling









































bullet::::- thomas catling (b. 1839), editor of "lloyd's weekly news", author of "my life's pilgrimage" (1911)
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