Homograph List

One fun game I play with my kids is that we try to think of words that are homographs. That is a word that when it pronounced one way it means one thing and when pronounced another way, it means something different. A couple of quick examples:

lead - if the vowels are long in means to show the way by going in advance. If the vowels is a short e, ten it is a metallic element (and in this case a second meaning, being the past tense of the long lead.

polish - to make something shine (short o) or a person from Poland (long o).

Here is a list we have created (I'd be interested in additional ones my readers can think of):

1	abuse
2	alternate
3	appropriate
4	bass
5	bow
6	buffet
7	compress
8	console
9	Content
10	contest
11	convert
12	convict
13	direct
14	drawer
15	duplicate
16	entrance
17	excuse
18	expose
19	graduate
20	intimate
21	lead
22	minute
23	moped
24	number
25	offense
26	perfect
27	permit
28	polish
29	present
30	produce
31	progress
32	project
33	putting
34	read
35	rebel
36	record
37	refuse
38	resent
39	resume
40	row
41	separate
42	sewer
43	sow
44	subject
45	use
46	wind
47	wound