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Definitions for Home

[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, relating 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 . into the position desired; perfectly or to the greatest possible extent: sails sheeted home. in the proper, stowed position: The anchor is home. toward its vessel: to bring the anchor home.
[20] to go or return home.
[21] (of guided missiles, aircraft, etc.) to proceed, especially under control of an automatic aiming mechanism, toward a specified target, as a plane, missile, or location (often followed 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, especially under control of an automatic aiming device, toward an airport, target, etc.
[27] at home , in one's own house or place of residence. in one's own town or country. prepared or willing to receive social visits: Tell him I'm not at home. We are always at home to her. in a situation familiar to one; at ease: She has a way of making everyone feel at home. well-informed; proficient: to be at home in the classics. 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 , assured of finishing, accomplishing, succeeding, etc.: If we can finish more than half the work today, we'll be home free. 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.
[32] Lord. Douglas-Home.
[33] the place or a place where one lives have you no home to go to?
[34] a house or other dwelling
[35] a family or other group living in a house or other place
[36] a person's country, city, etc, esp viewed as a birthplace, a residence during one's early years, or a place dear to one
[37] the environment or habitat of a person or animal
[38] the place where something is invented, founded, or developed the US is the home of baseball
[39] a building or organization set up to care for orphans, the aged, etc an informal name for a mental home
[40] sport one's own ground the match is at home
[41] the objective towards which a player strives in certain sports an area where a player is safe from attack
[42] lacrosse one of two positions of play nearest the opponents' goal a player assigned to such a position inside home
[43] baseball another name for home plate
[44] NZ informal , obsolete Britain, esp England
[45] a home from home a place other than one's own home where one can be at ease
[46] at home in one's own home or country at ease, as if at one's own home giving an informal party at one's own home British such a party
[47] at home in , at home on or at home with familiar or conversant with
[48] home and dry British informal definitely safe or successful we will not be home and dry until the votes have been counted Austral. and NZ equivalent: home and hosed
[49] near home concerning one deeply
[50] of, relating to, or involving one's home, country, etc; domestic
[51] (of an activity) done in one's house home taping
[52] effective or deadly a home thrust
[53] sport relating to one's own ground a home game
[54] US central; principal the company's home office
[55] to or at home I'll be home tomorrow
[56] to or on the point
[57] to the fullest extent hammer the nail home
[58] (of nautical gear) into or in the best or proper position the boom is home
[59] bring home to to make clear to to place the blame on
[60] come home nautical (of an anchor) to fail to hold
[61] come home to to become absolutely clear to
[62] nothing to write home about informal to be of no particular interest the film was nothing to write home about
[63] (intr) (of birds and other animals) to return home accurately from a distance
[64] (often foll by on or onto ) to direct or be directed onto a point or target, esp by automatic navigational aids
[65] to send or go home
[66] to furnish with or have a home
[67] (intr; often foll by in or in on) to be directed towards a goal, target, etc
[68] Baron See Home of the Hirsel

Words related to Home

hut, dormitory, apartment, dwelling, palace, resort, shelter, house, hospital, cottage, farm, condominium, place, trailer, residence, mansion, cabin, condo, land, neighborhood

Words nearby Home

homalographic, homans' sign, homaxial, hombre, homburg, home, home aid, home automation, home banking, home base, home brand

Origin of Home

before 900; Middle English hom, Old English hām (noun and adv.); cognate with Dutch heim, Old Norse heimr, Danish hjem, Swedish hem, German Heim home, Gothic haims village; akin to haunt

Words that may be confused with Home

home, house, (see, synonym, study, at, house)

Other words from Home

min·i·home , noun

Word origin for Home

Old English hām; related to Old Norse heimr, Gothic haims, Old High German heim, Dutch heem, Greek kōmi village

Synonyms for Home

central, familiar, family, household, local, national, native, at ease, at rest, down home, homely, homey, in one's element, in the bosom, inland, internal