Question

1. Research the meaning of each word below. These are examples of polysem

a. Fine
b. Hot
c. Close
d. Husband
e. China
f. Rare
g. house h.plant
i. arm
j. case​

Answer 1

Fine: excellent or much better than average, very thin or in very small pieces or drops, very exact and delicate, or needing to be done, treated, or considered very carefully, an amount of money that has to be paid as a punishment for not obeying a rule or law.

Hot: having a high temperature, used to describe food that causes a burning feeling in the mouth, used to describe a subject that causes a lot of disagreement or discussion, new and exciting, easily excited, or angry, physically attractive.

Close: to change from being open to not being open, or to cause something to do this, to end, or to cause something to do this, the end of something, or the time when you end it, having direct family connections or shared beliefs, support, and sympathy, looking at or listening to someone or something very carefully, not far in position or time.

Husband: the man to whom a woman is married; a married man, to use something carefully so that you do not use all of it.

China: clay of a high quality that is shaped and then heated to make it permanently hard, or objects made from this, such as cups and plates; a country in East Asia.

Rare: not common or frequent; very unusual; (of meat) not cooked for very long and still red.

House: to give a person or animal a place to live, or to provide space for something; a building in which people, usually one family, live; A house can also be a building where animals are kept; an organization that makes laws, or its meeting place; the seats in a theater, or the people watching a performance.

Plant: a living thing that grows in earth, in water, or on other plants, usually has a stem, leaves, roots, and flowers, and produces seeds; a factory in which a particular product is made or power is produced; something illegal or stolen that has been put secretly in a person's clothing or among the things that belong to them to make them seem guilty of a crime; to put a plant into the ground or into a container of soil so that it will grow; to put something firmly and strongly in a particular place; to cause an idea or story to exist.

Arm: either of the two long parts of the upper body that are attached to the shoulders and have the hands at the end; The arm of a piece of clothing or furniture is a part of it that you put your arm in or on; to provide yourself or others with a weapon or weapons; to provide yourself or others with equipment or knowledge in order to complete a particular task.

Case: a particular situation or example of something; a problem, a series of events, or a person being dealt with by police, doctors, lawyers, etc.; a matter to be decided by a judge in a law court; a container or box for storing something in; arguments, facts, and reasons in support of or against something; any of the various types to which a noun can belong, according to the work it does in a sentence, shown in some languages by a special word ending; each of the two forms, capital or small, in which a letter of the alphabet may be written or printed.