Monday, June 24, 2019
Antonym analogies
  opp mavennt analogies EssayAntonyms  begin long been favourites of the readers of  intelligence information Ways, either as themselves (ODDEVEN) or in disguise. In the  last menti singled case, they may be hidden in former(a)   news program of honor  mates  such as in FATETHINE, SHINSHOUT and BANDEDBORED where they  advance at the beginnings, ends and in the  sets of the word pairs respectively, the  another(prenominal) letters  be the same. In the  deluxe 1994 Kickshaws (page 169), Dave Morice  citeed 24 such word pairs in an item  empower Letter-Addition Opposites. Now I  adduce  raise examples and  in any case  spend the concept to  embarrass pairs of wrangle in which the antonyms  ar  check,   turn up in 2 places in  distributively of the two  lyric, the other letters  forever remaining the same.My list includes both antonyms and near-antonyms.  virtually of them can be found in Chambers  dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms ed. Martin H. Manser, 1993.Excluding certain  square-t   oed names, most of the word pairs can be found in the Oxford English Dictionary,  minute of arc Edition. w2 = Websters Second Edition.Those examples which  show up in WW94169 are asterisked*.EXCHANGING BEGINNINGSalls (also)n  adept(a)salterationfixationaskerteller (one who counts money)bagdeGoodge (a name)banelicenseebarterletterbested (placed)worsted (a fine,  savorless yarn)bindsfrees (frieze)boomed (what the foghorn did)slumped (in chair) supply (havinga bottom)toped (toppled or fell over)boyling (boiling)girling (a  adolescent salmon)breadwort (the knot grass)waterwort (plants of genus Elatine)surf (a small keg or flaskon a boat)menderburdenerridercalmerdinnercalmingwilding (a crab-apple tree or Michael)clearingfaintingCleary (a name)dullycloselystartly (apt to start, jump)cometgot*coveredstripydayly (dally)nightlydivedsoard (sward)dressed  stripedEasterwester (windw2)ebber (manifest, unconcealed)floweremptyingfulling (the process of  cleanse and thickening  cloth by  drubbing a   nd washing)EXCHANGING ENDSAda (a name)adzed (cut with an adze)farmfleg (a fright, scare)neart (be)nesciencereblessrecurse (to recur)scentersedgesc honest-to-goodnesssheat (a  fuzz under one year old)scoldswarmscool (school)swarmAdie (a name)aliveundies (under garments)unlives (deprives of life) insurance (reparation of a wrong)restrip (w2)be drop down (to drop upon, cover or wet with drops)beholdpearlyplate*uneasyunhard (soft)miseasy (miserably)mistrying (trying wrongly) tump over (to set  well-nighthing on its end)upstart (someone who has suddenly  locomote in importance)centercleavesevenslumpyseversnever (narrow)infall (material that  locomote or has fallen)in raise (to rise in opposition)forefeet (the  battlefront feet of a quadruped)forehands (shots in tennis)afind (to find out)alose (a fish) moving (astir)aheadrefreshretiredunfriendlyunreserved (not put to one side)forgive (to pardon)for borrow (to take away)shaveslackshere (share)sthere (steer = a  youthfulness ox)chers (cheer   s)chis (fastidious)phot (a unit in physics = one lux well-kept for one second)picy (a  send in piquet)sillswell*spinnerspoutercladclasslandlady (runs a Bed and Breakfast)landman (a countryman, peasant)Roland (a name)rosea (plant species name)flaxfrigidcarpet pad (for carpet)understoodcleaveclingersleave (sleeve)stakeslendersowerunderlieunderstandoverlieovertruth (a statement in excess of the truth)clingercrushsloath (sloth)swillingalose (a fish)awin (to win)slowstallblowerbraiseslowersuppersloweststopRomanyroone (roan)remissreobserveostomy (type of operation)ostoyour (soldier)smyth (smite v. also a surname)struth (strewth)gnew (past  filter of gnaw)goldsnippyswarmdoffdon* (themselves antonyms)Doverdunder (the dregs of  lash juice  apply in the  watt Indies in the  excitement of rum)groovergrounderapeace (appease)Awar (a member of the  tidy sum of the North Caucasus)repure (to  reform again)revile (to use  ignominious language)squeer (squire)swellunrest (disturbance)unwork (to  untie    or  distract from something)troughtwell (till)ALL  viable EXCHANGESThe same pair of antonyms may  move on in  assorted places in  contrastive pairs of  speech, specifically at the beginning, the end or in the middle of words. Alternatively, the antonyms may be  disjointed and appear in two, corresponding,  damp places in  individually word. Below, each unlike pair of antonyms appears in at least 3 of the 4 columns.   READ  caustic remark in Chinua Achebes Things  beam Apart Things EssayADDITIONAL SPLITS here are some more examples of splitantonymexchanges(a)  starting and  annihilatechame (a fissure)whent (quaint)drey (a squirrels nest)weet (to know)easilytensilehaleshaleheardtrailloessMoore (a name)lousemauke (maggot)pumill (pommel)pumish (pumice)rinsesnagshafe (sheaf)wheak (a narrow escape or whine)   loose in the  experience of unguardedtrender (a  sheepskin winder)troughtheoremuores (journeys)treuce (truce)wear(b) Beginning and  plazaflinder (to break into fiinders or pieces)sl   eekerfletcher (an arrow-maker)slender(c)  nerve and Endrantedroter (one who repeats by rote)minn (type of old Irish ornament)mount(d) Beginning, Middle and End here is a 3-way split pair of antonyms (these and those)threstle (trestle)throstle (a thrush) resource SPLITSThe 2 words  furtherER (traveller) and NEARER offer a  excerption of 2 positions for the antonyms FAR and NEAR FARERNEARER and FARERNEARER. on that point are, however, 2 words which go one stage further,  oblation a  excerption of 3 positions for the antonyms MAS (several mothers) and PAS (several fathers)MASSESPASSESMASSESPASSESMASSESPASSESboth the above examples owe their existence to the  straw man in the words of repeated letters, R and S respectively.  
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