HOMOGRAPHS  IV

Homographs are words that have two or more meanings. Rock is an example. A rock can be a stone, a type of music, or it can mean to move back and forth, as in rocking a baby. There are thousands of homographs in English. The most interesting ones are those, like rock, in which the two (or more) meanings are completely unrelated (or at least only distantly related). In each clue below, both definitions can be satisfied by the same word. What is the word?

1. Fire remnant and a kind of tree
2. Cheer for and underground plant part
3. Fish covering and weighing device
4. Celestial light or celebrity
5. Observe and a timepiece
6. Insect pest and aviate
7. Become different and coins
8. Breakfast item and dinner tribute
9. Fence support and mail
10. Season and trip
11. Carry a burden and an animal
12. A path to follow and to follow someone
13. One of four on a Ford and to lose strength
14. Kitchen feature and to drop down
15. Middle Eastern fruit and day, month, and year
16. Slough off skin and a small outbuilding
17. Drill into and a tedious person
18. Marriage symbol and bell sound
19. Map key and a story passed down through the generations
20. musical instrument and to continually talk about the same thing

Answers:

1. Ash
2. Root
3. Scale
4. Star
5. Watch
6. Fly
7. Change
8. Toast
9. Post
10. Fall
11. Bear
12. Trail
13. Tire
14. Sink
15. Date
16. Shed
17. Bore
18. Ring
19. Legend
20. Harp