What is a word that can used in nearly opposite ways depending on the context? (1 Viewer)

[athenaaa]

The word butcher means to make a mess of something. But when you watch a butcher, it’s actually a precise and delicate art. I gues you could say they butchered the term butcher ​

 

[dark_tranquility]

bird as a flying animal as well as a term for elderly women

 

[Ahsoka]

You can dust things to clean them off, or you can dust things to add a dusting of something (like cookies, you can dust them with powdered sugar).

 

[RandAlThor]

Fine!

 

[RandAlThor]

You can dust things to clean them off, or you can dust things to add a dusting of something (like cookies, you can dust them with powdered sugar).

Or you can finish it as in done and dusted.

 

[RandAlThor]

And with slang ...

Cap - something to wear
Cap - veracity of statements
Cap - shoot ie kill ect.
Cap - finish.