Problem: Word: float

Sentence 1: Float the plaster.

Sentence 2: The balloon floated off into the distance.

Same meaning? OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning
A: different meanings
Question: This question has options. Does the word "waste" have the same definition in the next 2 sentences?

Much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers.

The trackless wastes of the desert.

OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning
Answer: different meanings
Question: "cry" used in the same way in the following two sentences?

That sad movie always makes me cry.

She cried bitterly when she heard the news of his death.

OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning
Answer: the same meaning
Q: Does "room" have the same meaning in the following two sentences?

Hardly enough elbow room to turn around.

There wasn't that much elbow room in the aircraft.

OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning

A: the same meaning
Question: Here is one sentence: At what time does your train leave?
Here is another sentence: Her blood left a stain on the napkin.
Does the leave mean the same thing in the two sentences?
OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning

Answer: different meanings
Question: Here is one sentence: It will pay to wait.
Here is another sentence: He paid me 5000 pounds for the car.
Does the pay mean the same thing in the two sentences?
OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning

Answer:
different meanings