zeugma

IPA: zˈugmʌ

(rhetoric) The act of using a word, particularly an adjective or verb, to apply to more than one noun when its sense is appropriate to only one.
(rhetoric) Syllepsis.

Examples of "zeugma" in Sentences

This is a similar concept to zeugma.
There are a number of articles that link to Zeugma.
Zeugma and environs remained part of the Roman empire.
Donatus also includes schemes such as zeugma and anaphora.
The section on zeugma would be much clearer with an example.
I just got done with chiasmus and will be going to zeugma next.
It seems like zeugma and syllepsis are more or less the same thing.
I thought maybe it was a zeugma, but that doesn't seem to quite fit.
The Roman city of Zeugma is now drowned in the reservoir behind the dam.
The Hypozeuxis is the opposite of a zeugma, where each subject has its own verb.