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How about cut?
1) Cut as in into two pieces
2a) Cut as in cutting drugs which would be mixing things together
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2b) Cut as in cutting a tape which could be assembling in a different order
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2b2) Cut as cutting from one scene to another - the two scenes are next to each other or even co-mingled depending on the type of cut used
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I thought of cut, but I think that would be stretching it. None of those meanings really mean combining or joining. The cutting in cutting drugs means to adulterate with another substance, which is added, sure, but only by subtracting an equal volume of the drug. The 'cutting' still means taking away, cutting down (the original substance) and not adding.
How about tup?
It means both facilitating copulation between sheep and castrating them. That would satisfy both critera wouldn't it?
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Absolutely. Strike is another: striking is an effort, and it's also refusal to work.
But for a three-letter one, how about hit? Celebrated success/offensive blow.
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That'd be as in "I fought with my sister over who got the window seat on the airplane ride" vs. "I fought with my sister against the kids next door when they wanted to play in our yard."
Note that the OE wiğ meant 'against'. The word for 'with' was mid, as in midwife, someone who is with the woman.
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And this?
take on:
3. transitive verb: adopt something: to acquire or display a different character
Her voice took on a kindlier tone.
4. transitive verb: oppose somebody or something: to oppose somebody or something in a competition or fight
took on the city council
This is 2 of about 5 ways to use this verb. Could almost mean anything.
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Ta-tra-ra-la-ta-dah! (Rousing fanfare)
The three letter word meaning both separate and adhere is HEW.
To hew branches from a tree.
To hew to the tenets of your political party.
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The three letter word meaning both separate and adhere is HEW.
Good one! And, unlike cleave, both meanings come from the same OE verb, heawan.
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Bad? Bad can mean "good" in certain cultures, but it certainly doesn't mean both "separate" and "adhere" like cleave and clip do. The mystery three-letter word also means both "separate" and "adhere." Your first post did not say that it had to be a three-letter word.
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Your first post did not say that it had to be a three-letter word. This from clarences Second post: Hint: the third word has three letters.
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Hew is so like cleave, what is it about sticking and splitting? Are there more of these?
In the meantime, how about 'sack' - to annex (a city) / to dismiss (an employee)?
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