Multiple Meaning Matcher

Match the meaning on the left with the meaning on the right that both define the same homograph.

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1. Water which rises up and crashes downA. To move one’s hand in a greeting
2. An imperfectionB. Money, or anything else, that is being gambled
3. A headquartersC. To make something smaller by rubbing it down
4. A documentD. What a runner stands on in America's pastime
5. Long, sharp objects that are hammered into the groundE. To escape one’s country for another

Hints!

Here are the five words, but not in any particular order!

  • wave
  • stakes
  • file
  • base
  • defect