Confused words. 2014.
meet / mete / meat — Meet means to get together or connect with someone, to encounter : Elroy plans to meet a colleague for lunch. Mete means to distribute : We had to mete out the last of the water when we were still 20 miles from civilization on our hiking… … Confused words
meet / mete / meat — Meet means to get together or connect with someone, to encounter : Elroy plans to meet a colleague for lunch. Mete means to distribute : We had to mete out the last of the water when we were still 20 miles from civilization on our hiking… … Confused words
meat — meet, mete … American English homophones
meet — meat, mete … American English homophones
mete — meat, meet … American English homophones
meat(s) — meet(s) mete(s) … English homophone dictionary
meat — meatless, adj. /meet/, n. 1. the flesh of animals as used for food. 2. the edible part of anything, as a fruit or nut: Crack the walnuts and remove the meats. 3. the essential point or part of an argument, literary work, etc.; gist; crux: The… … Universalium
meat — /mit / (say meet) noun 1. the flesh of animals as used for food. 2. food in general: meat and drink. 3. the edible part of anything, as a fruit, nut, etc. 4. Archaic the principal meal: to say grace before meat. 5. the main substance of something …
measure — [13] The distant ancestor of English measure was the Indo European base *ma , *me ‘measure’. This has generated a wide range of often unexpected English progeny, including meal ‘repast’, month, and moon. Measure itself comes from an extension of… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
measure — [13] The distant ancestor of English measure was the Indo European base *ma , *me ‘measure’. This has generated a wide range of often unexpected English progeny, including meal ‘repast’, month, and moon. Measure itself comes from an extension of… … Word origins
