ZEUGMA

[zeug.ma] n [L, fr. Gk, lit., joining, fr. zeugnynai to join; akin to L jungere to join--more at yoke] (1523): the use of a word to modify or govern two or more words usu. in such a manner that it applies to each in a different sense or makes sense with only one (as in "opened the door and her heart to the homeless boy")