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Homer

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hom⋅er

1  [hoh-mer]
Use Homer in a Sentence
–noun
1. Baseball. home run.
2. homing pigeon.
–verb (used without object)
3. Baseball. to hit a home run: The catcher homered in the ninth with one on to take the game.
Origin:
1865–70; home + -er 1

ho⋅mer

2  [hoh-mer]
–noun
a Hebrew unit of capacity equal to ten baths in liquid measure or ten ephahs in dry measure.
Also called kor.

Origin:
1525–35; < Heb ḥōmer lit., heap

Ho⋅mer

  [hoh-mer]
–noun
1. 9th-century b.c., Greek epic poet: reputed author of the Iliad and Odyssey.
2. Winslow, 1836–1910, U.S. painter and illustrator.
3. a male given name.

home

  [hohm] noun, adjective, adverb, verb, homed, hom⋅ing.
–noun
1. a house, apartment, or other shelter that is the usual residence of a person, family, or household.
2. the place in which one's domestic affections are centered.
3. an institution for the homeless, sick, etc.: a nursing home.
4. the dwelling place or retreat of an animal.
5. the place or region where something is native or most common.
6. any place of residence or refuge: a heavenly home.
7. a person's native place or own country.
8. (in games) the destination or goal.
9. a principal base of operations or activities: The new stadium will be the home of the local football team.
10. Baseball. home plate.
11. Lacrosse. one of three attack positions nearest the opposing goal.
–adjective
12. of, pertaining to, or connected with one's home or country; domestic: home products.
13. principal or main: the corporation's home office.
14. reaching the mark aimed at: a home thrust.
15. Sports. played in a ball park, arena, or the like, that is or is assumed to be the center of operations of a team: The pitcher didn't lose a single home game all season. Compare away (def. 11).
–adverb
16. to, toward, or at home: to go home.
17. deep; to the heart: The truth of the accusation struck home.
18. to the mark or point aimed at: He drove the point home.
19. Nautical.
a. into the position desired; perfectly or to the greatest possible extent: sails sheeted home.
b. in the proper, stowed position: The anchor is home.
c. toward its vessel: to bring the anchor home.
–verb (used without object)
20. to go or return home.
21. (of guided missiles, aircraft, etc.) to proceed, esp. under control of an automatic aiming mechanism, toward a specified target, as a plane, missile, or location (often fol. by in on): The missile homed in on the target.
22. to navigate toward a point by means of coordinates other than those given by altitudes.
23. to have a home where specified; reside.
–verb (used with object)
24. to bring or send home.
25. to provide with a home.
26. to direct, esp. under control of an automatic aiming device, toward an airport, target, etc.
—Idioms
27. at home,
a. in one's own house or place of residence.
b. in one's own town or country.
c. prepared or willing to receive social visits: Tell him I'm not at home. We are always at home to her.
d. in a situation familiar to one; at ease: She has a way of making everyone feel at home.
e. well-informed; proficient: to be at home in the classics.
f. played in one's hometown or on one's own grounds: The Yankees played two games at home and one away.
28. bring home to, to make evident to; clarify or emphasize for: The irrevocability of her decision was brought home to her.
29. home and dry, British Informal. having safely achieved one's goal.
30. home free,
a. assured of finishing, accomplishing, succeeding, etc.: If we can finish more than half the work today, we'll be home free.
b. certain to be successfully finished, accomplished, secured, etc.: With most of the voters supporting it, the new law is home free.
31. write home about, to comment especially on; remark on: The town was nothing to write home about. His cooking is really something to write home about.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME hom, OE hām (n. and adv.); c. D heim, ON heimr, Dan hjem, Sw hem, G Heim home, Goth haims village; akin to haunt

Synonyms:
1. abode, dwelling, habitation; domicile. See house. 2. hearth, fireside. 3. asylum.
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hom·er 1   (hō'mər)   
n.  

  1. Baseball A home run.

  2. A homing pigeon.

intr.v.   ho·mer·ed, ho·mer·ing, ho·mers Baseball
To hit a home run: homered in the fifth inning.
ho·mer 2   (hō'mər)   
n.  A unit of capacity used by the ancient Hebrews, equal to 10 ephahs (about 10 bushels) or 10 baths (about 100 gallons). Also called kor.

[Hebrew ḥōmer, heap, homer; see ḥmr in Semitic roots.]
Ho·mer   (hō'mər)   
Greek epic poet. Two of the greatest works in Western literature, the Iliad and the Odyssey, are attributed to him.
Homer, Winslow 1836-1910.  
American painter known for his realistic seascapes, such as Eight Bells (1886).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Cultural Dictionary

Homer

An ancient Greek poet, author of the Iliad and the Odyssey. He has often been considered the greatest and most influential of all poets. According to tradition, Homer was blind.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
homer [ˈhomɚ]

  1. n.
    a home run in baseball. : Wilbur hit one homer after another.
  2. tv. & in.
    to hit a home run. : Wilbur homered another one and brought in two runs with him.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

home 
O.E. ham "dwelling, house, estate, village," from P.Gmc. *khaim- (cf. O.Fris. hem "home, village," O.N. heimr "residence, world," heima "home," Ger. heim "home," Goth. haims "village"), from PIE base *kei- "to lie, settle down" (cf. Gk. kome, Lith. kaimas "village;" O.C.S. semija "domestic servants").
" 'Home' in the full range and feeling of NE home is a conception that belongs distinctively to the word home and some of its Gmc. cognates and is not covered by any single word in most of the IE languages." [Buck]
The verb meaning "to be guided to a destination by radio signals, etc. (of missiles, aircraft, etc.) is from 1920; it had been used earlier in ref. to homing pigeons (1875). Home stretch (1841) is originally a reference from horse racing. Homebody is from 1821. Homeroom in the U.S. schools sense is first recorded 1915. Home-made is from 1659. Homeland first recorded 1670. Homeless is from 1615. Home economics first attested 1899. Homespun is from 1590 in the literal sense of "spun at home; 1600 in the fig. sense of "plain, homely." Home page first attested 1993. Slang phrase make (oneself) at home "become comfortable in a place one does not live" dates from 1892. To keep the home fires burning is from a song title from 1914.

Homer 
name of the supposed author of the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey," from L. Homerus, from Gk. Homeros. The name first occurs in a fragment of Hesiod. It is identical to Gk. homeros "hostage."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Bible Dictionary

Homer

heap, the largest of dry measures, containing about 8 bushels or 1 quarter English = 10 ephahs (Lev. 27:16; Num. 11:32) = a COR. (See OMER.) "Half a homer," a grain measure mentioned only in Hos. 3:2.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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