ubject: Our Christmas Tree Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 22:07:20 -0500 From: "Dick Stadler" To: "Lynda Morrison" CC: THIS IS THE TRUTH: In our back yard, we have a fir which we decorate each year for the Holidays. I found this afternoon that before I could finish the decorations, that is, before I could finish trimming (i.e., adding to) the tree, for symmetry's sake, I needed to remove a couple of offending branch tips. And so it came to pass that I resorted to trimming (i.e, removing from) the tree. VOILA! It came to me in a great flash of light............ -Stad Subject: enjoin Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 00:08:39 -0500 From: "Jessica Sutton" To: enjoin \en-JOIN\, transitive verb: 1. To direct or impose with authority; to order. 2. To prohibit; to forbid. (submitted by Jonathan King) Subject: Self-Antonyms Date: Sat, 01 Sep 2001 14:45:11 -0400 From: Sidney Pestka To: Seth Teller Seth, Self-antonyms: here are some new ones for you. Sidney Pestka Here is one that should be very obvious since we use it commonly in both ways: Clip To CLIP as with a scissors, hair, etc. To CLIP papers together. Here is one from my son Steven B. Pestka: Slow down; slow up. Where up = down. (Steven Pestka) Prof. Sidney Pestka Chairman, Dept. of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology Research Tower: 7th Floor Robert Wood Johnson Medical School 675 Hoes Lane Piscataway, NJ 08854-5635 Ph: 732-235-4567/4831/4568 Fax: 732-235-5223 Subject: Janus Words Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 11:09:46 -0800 (PST) From: Susan Ramage To: seth@mit.edu I just happened to think of another janus word, dust means to remove dust as in dust the furniture and to sprinkle with as in dust the cake with powdered sugar. Hope this is of some help, Susan Ramage Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. "fixed" as in fixed, also broken -- you really fixed us, didn't you Subject: janus words Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 13:17:22 -0600 From: "Sylvia Briggs" To: Can-to save/preserve as in vegetables & to get rid of as can from a job Subject: janus words Date: 18 Dec 2001 07:54:47 EST From: Bruce.Curtis-Mclane@valley.net (Bruce Curtis-Mclane) To: seth@mit.edu Hi Seth, Here are some more ideas for Janus words. Let me know what you think of them! Sometimes it's hard for me to be sure whether something is really "kosher" or whether it's cheating a bit. Some of them I checked out in the American Heritage College Dictionary. settle means "to move downward" and to "stop moving and come to rest in one place" flesh means "to become plump, gain weight or give substance" to and "to clean a hide of all flesh" seed means "to put seeds in or plant" and "to take seeds out" garnish means "to add to something to" or "to take away from (it's a form of garnishee)" root means "to get something to take root" or "to pull up (root out)" joint means "to combine or attach with a joint" and "to separate (esp. meat) at a joint" snap means "to break apart" and "to fasten together" market means "to buy household goods" and "to sell stuff" tube means "to insert a tube in" and "to enclose in a tube" roll means "to lay out, extend" and "to wrap up around itself or around something" reel means "to wind on" and "to let out from" lease means "to grant a contract" and "to get/hold a contract" water means "to pour water out" and "to take on water" wear means "to last under continual or hard use" and "to erode or be damaged by long, hard use" weather means "to disintegrate or wear" and "to come through safely, survive" zip means "to fasten" and "to unfasten" crop means "to plant or grow" and "to cut or harvest" So, what do you think? Are they Janus words? I've gotten interested in this lately, and was psyched to see your web page! Do you know of any other ways to find out about Janus words? Cheers Kate Curtis-McLane (katecm@valley.net) http://www.askoxford.com/wordgames/wordchallenge/contronyms/answer/ Contronyms: Answers 1. dust (the aircraft dusted the fields; Have you dusted this room?). 2. blessed (Blessed are the meek; I?m blessed if I will!). 3. public (public building; public school). 4. bad (That was a bad move; He?s a real bad singer). 5. trim (She trimmed the dress with lace; Trim the pastry round the edge). 6. draw (curtains). 7. trip (She tripped across the fields; He tripped over the carpet). 8. cleave (?Shall a man cleave unto his wife?? Genesis 2; You can cleave the log in two with an axe). 9. oversight (She has the oversight of the works; My failure to check the meter was simply an oversight). 10. left (There is one cake left; She has just left). 11. fast (a fast horse runs; a fast colour does not run). 12. mad or wild. 13. think better of (I think better of him after he saved the cat; I have thought better of telling my boss he?s a fool). 14. sanction (The king gave his sanction; They imposed sanctions on the warring parties). 15. industrial action. 16. no question (There is no question that he is stupid; There?s no question of my giving in). 17. quantum leap (In physics, this name means a sudden change in an atom or molecule; in general use it means a huge change). 18. wind up (The company was wound up; The clock started when I wound it up). > AskOxford.com Home Page | Word Games | Oxford Word Challenge Archive | Contronyms | Contronyms - Answers Crosswords Oxford Word Challenge Archive Party Games Quick Quiz The History of Scrabble oup.com OED Online ELT magazine English at School From: Matt Ross 06/05/01 13:44 Subject: Janus words To: How about "oversight" which means both to review to prevent errors and to err by missing. ?? -- Matt Ross Ventures Marketing Group 10500 NW Freeway Ste 110 Houston, Texas 77092 713/956-0908 From - Sat Feb 9 16:20:55 2002 Return-Path: Received: from pacific-carrier-annex.mit.edu (PACIFIC-CARRIER-ANNEX.MIT.EDU [18.7.21.83]) by graphics.lcs.mit.edu (8.11.6/8.11.4) with ESMTP id g19BNrf1048461 for ; Sat, 9 Feb 2002 06:23:54 -0500 (EST) Received: from hotmail.com (oe14.law8.hotmail.com [216.33.240.118]) by pacific-carrier-annex.mit.edu (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id GAA19934 for ; Sat, 9 Feb 2002 06:24:29 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sat, 9 Feb 2002 03:24:29 -0800 X-Originating-IP: [203.41.44.21] From: "Christopher Soulos" To: Subject: Self-antonyms Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 23:04:55 +1100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0007_01C17EAA.6B466480" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 09 Feb 2002 11:24:29.0173 (UTC) FILETIME=[56A33A50:01C1B15C] X-Mozilla-Status: 8003 X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C17EAA.6B466480 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable G'day Seth, Please consider these self-antonyms: enjoin \en-JOIN\, transitive verb: 1. To direct or impose with authority; to order. 2. To prohibit; to forbid. fast: 1. moving quickly. 2. fixed firmly in place. Hello from Australia. Christopher James Soulos ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C17EAA.6B466480 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
G'day Seth,
Please consider these=20 self-antonyms:
 
enjoin \en-JOIN\, transitive = verb:
   1. To=20 direct or impose with authority; to order.
   2. To = prohibit; to=20 forbid.
 
fast:
1. moving quickly.
2. fixed firmly in place.
 
Hello from Australia.
Christopher James = Soulos
------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C17EAA.6B466480-- matt antone: secrete: means "to give off" and "to conceal" rent: means "to grant possession in exchange for rent" and "to take and hold under an agreement to pay rent" (this one from searching for a place to live...) rom: Jonathan Birge Sun 06:28 Subject: Laminate To: seth@mit.edu Dr. Here's a self-antonym I found: laminate. In the dictionary one definition is to "make by uniting several layers" and the other is to "divide into thin layers." Go