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An obsolete (according to dictionary.com) definition is dangerously cunning.
 
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Well, mortar is an adhesive for stone or briick and a mortar is a type of weapon.
 
Two homonyms (both verbs) for this noun are as follows - a synonym for the singular form of the first homonym is the antonym of the second homonym. That is, word A, B, and C all sound the same and are spelled differently. The singular form of B has a synonym which is the antonym of C. What are the three words?
 
Good guesses but not what I was thinking. I did make a mistake - it should be the plural form for the first homonym, as in, "He/she/it [blank]...", and the plural form of this has a synonym which is the antonym of the 2nd homonym. Also, the 2nd homonym is the plural verb (as in "They [blank]..."

The 2 verbs each contain multiples of the same vowel and no other vowels. The noun has the same vowel and another single (different) vowel.
 
daveb said:
Good guesses but not what I was thinking. I did make a mistake - it should be the plural form for the first homonym, as in, "He/she/it [blank]...", and the plural form of this has a synonym which is the antonym of the 2nd homonym. Also, the 2nd homonym is the plural verb (as in "They [blank]..."

The 2 verbs each contain multiples of the same vowel and no other vowels. The noun has the same vowel and another single (different) vowel.
Dave, you are killing me. Is there a possibility that you can restate your initial challenge in one clean post?
 
OK, I'll try again. There are 3 words that homonyms. The first is a noun. The second is the singular form of a verb (such as "meets" as opposed to "meet"). A synonym for the singular form is also the antonym for the 3rd homonym (which is also a verb). So, let's say the words are meats, meets, and metes. Then meats is the noun, meets is the first (singular form verb), and a synonym for meet could be join, and an antonym of join (to bring together) is mete (to dispense). OK, it's a VERY tenuous move from meet to mete, and the third word should be metes, but that's the general idea. (BTW, these aren't the words).

The noun has something to do with buildings; another word for the first verb is clears; another word for the second verb is halt.
 
Hoover?
He was Mrs. FBI, not Mr.
 
turbo-1 said:
The word is used in some senses as a synonym for "conducting".


Leading perhaps?
 
On-going?
These problems are too difficult for me..:frown:
 
turbo-1 said:
applicable to a stream, a candidate's activity, operation of a process.

RUN! Also applies to the football play-book! Even if it's not what your thinking of it does meet those criteria.
 

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