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I don't know if this is relevant, but the word 'draw', when used in the context of 'drawing the curtains' (or drawing the blinds) seems to me to be used to reverse whatever position they are currently in. So if the curtains have been drawn back, then you use 'draw the curtains' to close them, and vice versa. (At least, this is what my Mummy taught me to do. Don't you dare say that Momma was wrong!)
Another with two uses, though they are not necessarily directly opposed:
discrimination: bigotry, or fine discernment.
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