Funny thing, the English language...

Flap

: a flat piece of material that is attached to something on one side and that can be easily moved

: the movement or sound of something that is moving up and down or back and forth

: a state or situation in which many people are excited or upset

Scrap is also Parcs backwards
Just saying.

Soutra it was exactly that as was pointed out by Elegran on another thread that got me thinking!

Oops, sorry, I hadn't seen that

Sorry I hadn't seen that either. I thought the thread was about examples of multi defined words

Train:
Exercise( either oneself or another person or animal)
A means of transport, a row of railway carriages
A long piece of material at the back of a formal e.g.wedding dress

Soutra add to that A linked series eg. Train of thought, train of events.

My French friends were talking and used the word "un crash" for a plane accident. I explained that it was actually the word used for any sort of crash, but no, in French it is only borrowed from English for plane crashes; cars apparently do not crash. I tried to explain "crash out" and "financial crash" but that didn't work.
Then I tried to explain how "Défense de cracher" used to make me laugh as a teenager on the Metro.
They didn't get that either.

This is what makes English such a good language for crossword puzzles.

vamp it isabout multi definition words!

Milk, the drink
Milk, as in to milk someone for information
And the Milk of human kindness

Bank:

1. A finance house
2. To rely on something happening
3. The land sloping down to a river
4. To pile up (e.g. of sand or earth) into a mound
5. (Of aircraft) To tilt while turning in the air

Can..... To do something
Can........ Put into a tin
Canned........ Tinned
Canned....... Cancelled, put away for another time
Canned....... Old phrase for being drunk.

No wonder my Italian DDIL gets confused

Head

Attached to your body

Head off in a certain direction

Head of a company/school

I haven't forgotten the other use but that's American.

Set
A series of e.g.tennis matches
To solidify a jelly
To pose (a problem or puzzle)
A group or clique with similar pursuits e.g. Literary or artistic

Good ones Soutra, and so many.
Let...... Allow
Let.....rent out
Book...... To read
Book.......make a record of, eg parking ticket, sent off at football match
Book....... Reserve a table, or seat.
Preserve...... Keep
Preserve.....jar of jam or chutney

Court ... Law
Court ... Woo
Court ... Trouble

Cross - a mark of two lines at right angles
Cross - annoyed
Cross - go from one side of the road to the other

Wonder - not sure about something
Wonder - awe

Tight

Taut, not slack
Waterproof, sealed
Tiddly
Half of a pair of nylon leg coverings
Soundly (as in "sleep tight")

Stem:

1. Supporting part of a flower
2. To staunch the flow (of e.g. blood)
3. To be caused by something, or to arise as a result of something.
4. The support of a wineglass.
5. Part of a word, i.e. the part which is constant, regardless of the endings,
e.g. walk, walker, walks, walking, walked, where the stem is 'walk'.

Address

Place where you live
A speech or lecture
To attend to something or turn your attention to it

Match, a game between two people/teams
Match, put two colours/ shapes together
Match, wooden firelighter