What is polysemy?

Polysemous words are polysemy, and several meanings are often related.

Polysemous words are commonly used words that are most closely related to life, with verbs and adjectives in the majority and monosyllabic words in the majority.

Common polysemous words:

1, degree: degree (dù surname) Teacher is generous (dù noun), and always pay attention to degree (duó verb) and never give it to others.

2. Planing: I planed the flat wood (pushed by Bao), and then planed (dug by Bao) peanuts.

3. Fancy: Tubo (the predecessor of bū Tibetans) lives in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and Fancy (fán is lush and varied) has developed for thousands of years.

Extended data

Some words have several interrelated meanings and are polysemous words. Among several meanings of polysemous words, some are original meanings or common meanings, which are called basic meanings; Some are meanings derived from basic meanings, which are called extended meanings; Some of them are fixed by using the basic meaning to compare other things, which is called figurative meaning.

Such as monosyllabic words:

Sea: Basic meaning-the part of the ocean near the land. Such as "the sea, the East China Sea". Some great lakes are also called "sea", such as "Black Sea".

Extended meaning-big, such as "you are so massive!" .

Metaphorical meaning-a metaphor for many similar things connected into a big block. For example, "Where do you want me to find him?" "It's already a sea of fire here."

reference data

Baidu encyclopedia-polysemous words