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by Nekit1234007 544 days ago
May I push back on the idea that a single word may mean (completely) different things?
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Aloha! Indeed, the language is being cleaved by such oversights. You can be in charge of overlooking this issue, effective ahead of two weeks from now. We'll peruse your results and impassionately sanction anything you call out (at least when it's unravelable). This endeavor should prove invaluable. Aloha!
It's pretty clearly true.

Bank: financial institution, edge of a river, verb to stash something away

Spring: a season, a metal coil, verb to jump

Match: verb to match things together, noun a thing to start fires, noun a competition between two teams

Bat: flying mammal, stick for hitting things

And so on.

You're pushing up against the english language, then. 'let' has 46 entries in the dictionary (more if you cinsider obsolete usages).
What's the single, unambiguous definition of the word "cleave"?