Problem: Word: beat

Sentence 1: The boat beat in the strong wind.

Sentence 2: The sun was beating down on us.

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

The room has a wooden floor.

We spread our sleeping bags on the dry floor of the tent.

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

The number of parameters is small.

In English the subject and the verb must agree in number.

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

A mother's love is not easily shaken.

The theater was her first love.

OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning

A: different meanings
Question: Here is one sentence: He ducked under the nose of the gun.
Here is another sentence: He has a cold in the nose.
Does the nose mean the same thing in the two sentences?
OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning

Answer: different meanings
Question: "strike" used in the same way in the following two sentences?

Strike a medal.

She struck her head on the low ceiling.

OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning
Answer:
different meanings