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minus-squareDerisionConsulting@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up49arrow-down1·edit-223 hours agoIn English, it has to be any of the Contronyms. We have so many, and it really makes it hard for newer speakers to understand some things. You dust a cake by adding powder, you dust a table by removing powder. You seed a field by adding seeds, you seed a fruit by removing the seeds.
minus-squarepoweruser@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 hours agoShelled and unshelled both also mean unshelled and shelled, respectively
minus-squareneidu3@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·23 hours agoAlmost as good as Greater Cleave
minus-squarejoelfromaus@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·20 hours agoI hear that when a greater cleave consumes enough souls it becomes a Cleave Lord.
minus-squarexmunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10·23 hours agoSeeded is, indeed, the most worthless of adjectives.
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·17 hours ago Seeded is, indeed, the most worthless of adjectives. … until someone uses ‘literally’ as an adjective; and in that moment you are enlightened.
minus-squareDagwood222@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·23 hours agoMy poppy seed bagel has entered the chat…
In English, it has to be any of the Contronyms. We have so many, and it really makes it hard for newer speakers to understand some things.
You dust a cake by adding powder, you dust a table by removing powder.
You seed a field by adding seeds, you seed a fruit by removing the seeds.
Shelled and unshelled both also mean unshelled and shelled, respectively
Cleave is my personal favorite
Almost as good as Greater Cleave
I hear that when a greater cleave consumes enough souls it becomes a Cleave Lord.
Seeded is, indeed, the most worthless of adjectives.
… until someone uses ‘literally’ as an adjective; and in that moment you are enlightened.
My poppy seed bagel has entered the chat…