The figurative meaning is no longer in current use.

That program is broadcast every other week.

The criminal is sure to do time for robbing the store.

That crime is punishable by death.

The invention is accredited to Edison.

Is there anything in the box?

If you stuff the box too full, the bottom will fall out.

That farmer cultivated a 200 acre plantation.

The largest recipient of Japan's ODA that year was China.

The cat took advantage of the high grass to creep on the bird.