[hohm] Pronunciation Key noun, adjective, adverb, verb, homed, hom·ing. | 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. |
| 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). |
| 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.
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| 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. |
| 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. |
| 27. | at home,
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| 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,
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| 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. |
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
| home
(hōm) Pronunciation Key
n.
adj.
adv.
v. homed, hom·ing, homes v. intr.
v. tr. To guide (a missile or aircraft) to a target automatically. [Middle English, from Old English hām; see tkei- in Indo-European roots.] |
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home
" '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.
| home | |
adjective | |
| 1. | used of your own ground; "a home game" [ant: away] |
| 2. | relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are; "my home town" |
| 3. | inside the country; "the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior"; "the nation's internal politics" |
adverb | |
| 1. | at or to or in the direction of one's home or family; "He stays home on weekends"; "after the game the children brought friends home for supper"; "I'll be home tomorrow"; "came riding home in style"; "I hope you will come home for Christmas"; "I'll take her home"; "don't forget to write home" |
| 2. | on or to the point aimed at; "the arrow struck home" |
| 3. | to the fullest extent; to the heart; "drove the nail home"; "drove his point home"; "his comments hit home" |
noun | |
| 1. | where you live at a particular time; "deliver the package to my home"; "he doesn't have a home to go to"; "your place or mine?" |
| 2. | housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless" [syn: dwelling] |
| 3. | the country or state or city where you live; "Canadian tariffs enabled United States lumber companies to raise prices at home"; "his home is New Jersey" |
| 4. | (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score; "he ruled that the runner failed to touch home" [syn: home plate] |
| 5. | the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end [syn: base] |
| 6. | place where something began and flourished; "the United States is the home of basketball" |
| 7. | an environment offering affection and security; "home is where the heart is"; "he grew up in a good Christian home"; "there's no place like home" |
| 8. | a social unit living together; "he moved his family to Virginia"; "It was a good Christian household"; "I waited until the whole house was asleep"; "the teacher asked how many people made up his home" [syn: family] |
| 9. | an institution where people are cared for; "a home for the elderly" |
verb | |
| 1. | provide with, or send to, a home |
| 2. | return home accurately from a long distance; "homing pigeons" |
home
In addition to the idioms beginning with home, also see at home; bring home; bring home the bacon; chickens come home to roost; close to home Drive Home; eat someone out of house and home; make oneself at home; nobody home; nothing to write home about; till the cows come home.
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Population (1990): 7780 (2042 housing units)
Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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Population (1990): 1549 (415 housing units)
Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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Population (1990): 5936 (1528 housing units)
Area: 25.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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Home, PA Zip code(s): 15747
Home, KS Zip code(s): 66438
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Population (1990): 6652 (2717 housing units)
Area: 5.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Prairie Home, MO (city, FIPS 59726) Location: 38.81494 N, 92.58957 W
Population (1990): 215 (101 housing units)
Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 65068
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Mountain Home, UT Zip code(s): 84051
Mountain Home, TX Zip code(s): 78058
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Population (1990): 7913 (3392 housing units)
Area: 9.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 83647
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Population (1990): 9027 (4561 housing units)
Area: 17.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 72653
Forest Home, AL Zip code(s): 36030
Mission Home, VA Zip code(s): 22940
Highland Home, AL Zip code(s): 36041
Garden Home, OR Zip code(s): 97223
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Population (1990): 6850 (2834 housing units)
Area: 13.8 sq km (land), 1.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 97386
Mountain Home, NC (CDP, FIPS 44700) Location: 35.36992 N, 82.50443 W
Population (1990): 1898 (868 housing units)
Area: 6.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
New Home, TX (city, FIPS 51012) Location: 33.32731 N, 101.91076 W
Population (1990): 175 (71 housing units)
Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Forest Home, NY (CDP, FIPS 26561) Location: 42.45309 N, 76.47181 W
Population (1990): 1125 (458 housing units)
Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Home
Home\, n. (Zo["o]l.) See Homelyn.Home
Home\ (110), n. [OE. hom, ham, AS. h[=a]m; akin to OS. hem, D. & G. heim, Sw. hem, Dan. hiem, Icel. heimr abode, world, heima home, Goth. haims village, Lith. k["e]mas, and perh. to Gr.? village, or to E. hind a peasant; cf. Skr. ksh?ma abode, place of rest, security, kshi to dwell. ?, ? ]1. One's own dwelling place; the house in which one lives; esp., the house in which one lives with his family; the habitual abode of one's family; also, one's birthplace. The disciples went away again to their own home. --John xx. 10. Home is the sacred refuge of our life. --Dryden. Home! home! sweet, sweet home! There's no place like home. --Payne. 2. One's native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one's ancestors dwell or dwelt. "Our old home [England]." --Hawthorne. 3. The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections. He entered in his house -- his home no more, For without hearts there is no home. --Byron. 4. The locality where a thing is usually found, or was first found, or where it is naturally abundant; habitat; seat; as, the home of the pine. Her eyes are homes of silent prayer. --Tennyson. Flandria, by plenty made the home of war. --Prior. 5. A place of refuge and rest; an asylum; as, a home for outcasts; a home for the blind; hence, esp., the grave; the final rest; also, the native and eternal dwelling place of the soul. Man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets. --Eccl. xii. 5. 6. (Baseball) The home base; he started for home. At home. (a) At one's own house, or lodgings. (b) In one's own town or country; as, peace abroad and at home. (c) Prepared to receive callers. Home department, the department of executive administration, by which the internal affairs of a country are managed. [Eng.] To be at home on any subject, to be conversant or familiar with it. To feel at home, to be at one's ease. To make one's self at home, to conduct one's self with as much freedom as if at home. Syn: Tenement; house; dwelling; abode; domicile.Home
Home\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to one's dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts. 2. Close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust. Home base (Baseball), the base at which the batsman stands and which is the last goal in making a run. Home farm, grounds, etc., the farm, grounds, etc., adjacent to the residence of the owner. Home lot, an inclosed plot on which the owner's home stands. [U. S.] Home rule, rule or government of an appendent or dependent country, as to all local and internal legislation, by means of a governing power vested in the people within the country itself, in contradistinction to a government established by the dominant country; as, home rule in Ireland. Also used adjectively; as, home-rule members of Parliament. Home ruler, one who favors or advocates home rule. Home run (Baseball), a complete circuit of the bases made before the batted ball is returned to the home base. Home stretch (Sport.), that part of a race course between the last curve and the winning post. Home thrust, a well directed or effective thrust; one that wounds in a vital part; hence, in controversy, a personal attack.Home
Home\, adv. 1. To one's home or country; as in the phrases, go home, come home, carry home. 2. Close; closely. How home the charge reaches us, has been made out. --South. They come home to men's business and bosoms. --Bacon. 3. To the place where it belongs; to the end of a course; to the full length; as, to drive a nail home; to ram a cartridge home. Wear thy good rapier bare and put it home. --Shak. Note: Home is often used in the formation of compound words, many of which need no special definition; as, home-brewed, home-built, home-grown, etc. To bring home. See under Bring. To come home. (a) To touch or affect personally. See under Come. (b) (Naut.) To drag toward the vessel, instead of holding firm, as the cable is shortened; -- said of an anchor. To haul home the sheets of a sail (Naut.), to haul the clews close to the sheave hole. --Totten.Home
Home\, n. In various games, the ultimate point aimed at in a progress; goal; as: (a) (Baseball) The plate at which the batter stands. (b) (Lacrosse) The place of a player in front of an opponent's goal; also, the player.Copyright © 2008, Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.











