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dew, do, due
dew (DOO, DYOO) (noun)
Moisture in small drops: The early morning sun highlighted the wet places, or dew, on the grass.
do (DOO) (verb)
To act, to perform, to achieve, to accomplish: Grace said, "Royce, you need to do your yardwork before it gets dark."
due (DOO) (adjective)
That which is owed; payable: The statement from the telephone company indicated that the payment on the bill would be due the next day.
Due to the dry weather, we do not see any dew on the grass.
"If you had your due," Bill's father said, "You'd get a good whipping True?"
"I guess," said Bill, "but bills aren't always paid when they are due."
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group D; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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do, doe, dough
do (DOH) (noun)
A syllable that represents the first note in a musical scale when singing solfeggio which represents the note C: The singer started her practice with do re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do.
There is also the verb do (DOO): To perform or to execute, plus many other meanings; however, the do (DOH) in this section is presented with doe and dough to demonstrate their "homonymic" relationships.
doe (DOH) (noun)
The female of the deer, antelope, rabbit, kangaroo, and certain other animals: The kangaroo doe carries her young in the pouch on the front of her body.
dough (DOH) (noun)
1. A soft mass of moistened flour or meal and other ingredients, mixed for making bread, pastry, etc.: Bret's mother was mixing dough for fresh loaves of bread.
2. Slang for "money": Reuben said he was running out of enough dough to take care of his family's needs.
2. Slang for "money": Reuben said he was running out of enough dough to take care of his family's needs.
Anton doesn't have much dough these days to pay for all of his expenses.
Rod promised Jodie a lot of dough if she would go to the forest with her camera and take a picture of the doe. This made Jodie so happy that she walked away singing ...do...ra...mi...fa...sol...la...ti...do.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group D; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
(page 6)
Units related to:
“do”
(Latin: face, pertaining to the face; countenance; form, make, set in place, do)
(Latin: a suffix; make, do, build, cause, produce)
Word Entries at Get Words containing the term:
“do”
It doesn’t do much good to lock the barn door after the horse is stolen.
Don’t lock the barn door after the horse is stolen.
Don’t lock the barn door after the horse is stolen.
Of little value his compunctions
Who assumes clavinous functions
When once from circumambient pen,
Is snatched its equine denizen.