Sentences with same word and a different meaning

[BlackCitadel]

Can you make 5 sentence that have the same word but carries a different meaning in each?

Thanks.

[Dozy]

It shouldn't be too hard to find a word with five different meanings (flick through a dictionary until you see a nice fat entry), but often the meanings will be related (etymologically the "same word"). The word "bay" is interesting because it has five entirely different meanings (listed as separate headwords in the dictionary). In addition, some of these can function as different parts of speech, with the result that MW has seven separate entries for the word.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo is a curious example of the same word used in three different ways in the same sentence.

[BlackCitadel]

OK, what about these sentence?
1- He set the table for eight guests.
2- He set the plates on the table.
3- He put the pudding in the plates after it had set.
4- He had a set of ten plates.
5- His guests arrived at the set time.

Is the meaning related?

[Luschen]

Those words you have set down on the page seem vaguely familiar. ;)

[BlackCitadel]

I said that as well. So they seem the same meaning?

[Luschen]

I was just saying the I was the original author of those sentences :) #3 and #5 are somewhat related in that set means "fixed" although #3 is physically fixed while #5 is fixed in time. #1 and #2 are somewhat similar, I think "set the table" is an idiom based on #2's definition. I really can't see much of a relationship between the others.

[BlackCitadel]

OK. That's why I asked for help as soon as possible :)

[BlackCitadel]

OK, I will choose this one.

[Luschen]

Wow, that's excellent; you go to the head of the class with that answer.

[BlackCitadel]

Which one do you think is better?
Head or Break?

[Luschen]

I think I like the head one better. For your first break example, when you break your leg, it means you break your leg bone, which you can't really do by bending too much. Your third break example is a little unclear. When I hear "break in her voice" I think of a brief interruption, like during a cell phone conversation with bad reception. Your example doesn't really sound like that situation. If you say "her voice broke while singing the song" it means she couldn't hit the high note and sang the note flat, or too low.

[BlackCitadel]

Can you tell me what does this sentence mean?

- they paid fifty pounds a head.

[Dozy]

They paid fifty pounds per person. ("head" is used to mean "person".)

[Luschen]

[BlackCitadel]

I understand its meaning as: They paid fifty pounds straightly...