(thing) by WolfDaddy Thu May 10 2001 at 1:17:40

A word that is its own opposite:

For example, the verb to dust can mean either the application or the removal of a fine layer of particulate matter.

I dusted my furniture yesterday.

The chef dusted the pound cake with powdered sugar.

Lesson number 4,376,521 in the English is the most confusing language ever developed series.

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