brandontaylor1 t1_j2d6brr wrote
English has a whole class of words called contranyms. Which are words with identical pronunciation and spelling, but with opposite meanings.
I.E.
I was bound to a chair, on a train bound for Chicago.
The child cleaved to his mother’s leg, as the butcher cleaved meat from the bone.
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It’s a truly mad language.
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