Saturday, August 25, 2012

Bread-Making Homonyms

I have a special treat for you today: a complete set of instructions for making bread using homonyms! This one's gonna be tasty!

Step 1: Plant a field with corn seed using an appropriate garden tool (for example, a hoe).

sow - to scatter (seed) over land, earth, etc., for growth; plant.
sew - to join or attach by stitches.
so - to the extent or degree indicated or suggested: Do not walk so fast.

maize - (chiefly in British and technical usage) corn.
maze - a confusing network of intercommunicating paths or passages; labyrinth.

hoe - a long-handled implement having a thing, flat blade usually set transversely, used to break up the surface of the ground, destroy weeds, etc.
ho - (used as a call to attract attention, sometimes specially used after a word denoting a destination): Westward ho! Land ho!

Step 2: Keep the plants healthy by supplying appropriate amounts of water and sunshine.

sun - (often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat...
son - a male child or person in relation to his parents.

rays - narrow beams of light.
raise - to move to a higher position; lift up; elevate: to raise one's hand; sleepy birds raising their heads and looking about.

Step 3: Harvest the crop at the appropriate time, then grind up the corn into flower and bag it.

flour - the finely ground, powdery foodstuff.
flower - the blossom of a plant.

meal - a coarse, unsifted powder ground from the edible seeds of any grain: wheat meal; cornmeal.
meal - the food served and eaten especially at one of the customary, regular occasions for taking food during the day, as breakfast, lunch, or supper.

sack - a large bag of strong, coarsely woven material, as for grain, potatoes, or coal.
sac - a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.

Step 4: Add water to the flour and knead it to make dough.

add - to unite or join so as to increase the number, quantity, size or importance: to add two cups of sugar; to add a postscript to her letter; to add insult to injury.
ad - advertisement.

knead - to work (dough, clay, etc.) into a uniform mixture by pressing, folding, and stretching.
need - a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation: There is no need for you to go there.

dough - flour or meal combined with water, milk, etc., in a mass for baking into bread, cake, etc.; paste of bread.
doe - the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.

Step 5: Work the dough into the desired shape (for example rolls or loaves) then bake.

roll - bread roll
role - a part or character played by an actor or actress.

bread - a kind of food made of flour or meal that has been mixed with milk or water, made into a dough or batter, with or without yeast or other leavening agent, and baked.
bred - simple past tense and past participle of breed.


It's as simple as that folks. I hope you all get a chance to break bread with your friends and family this week!

break - phrase "break bread" meaning to eat a meal, especially with others. Or to smash, split, or divide into parts.
brake - a device for slowing or stopping a vehicle or other moving mechanism by the absorption or transfer of the energy of momentum, usually by means of friction.

Note: All definitions were obtained from www.dictionary.com.