Noun
housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless"

Noun
an institution where people are cared for; "a home for the elderly"

Noun
(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"

Noun
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"

Noun
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"

Noun
the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end

Noun
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?"

Noun
place where something began and flourished; "the United States is the home of basketball"

Noun
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"

Verb
return home accurately from a long distance; "homing pigeons"

Verb
provide with, or send to, a home

Adjective
relating to or being where one lives or where one''s roots are; "my home town"

Adverb
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 tak

Adverb
to the fullest extent; to the heart; "drove the nail home"; "drove his point home"; "his comments hit home"

Adverb
on or to the point aimed at; "the arrow struck home"

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n.
See Homelyn.

n.
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.

n.
One's native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one's ancestors dwell or dwelt.

n.
The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections.

n.
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.

n.
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.

n.
The home base; he started for home.

a.
Of or pertaining to one's dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts.

a.
Close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust.

adv.
To one's home or country; as in the phrases, go home, come home, carry home.

adv.
Close; closely.

adv.
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.

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Home

Home , n. (Zo'94l.) See Homelyn.

Home

Home (110), n. [OE. hom, ham, AS. h'bem; akin to OS. hem, D. & G. heim, Sw. hem, Dan. hiem, Icel. heimr abode, world, heima home, Goth. haims village, Lith. k'89mas, and perh. to Gr. village, or to E. hind a peasant; cf. Skr.kshma 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.

Home is the sacred refuge of our life.

Home! home! sweet, sweet home! There's no place like home.

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.

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.

Flandria, by plenty made the home of war.

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.

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.

They come home to men's business and bosoms.

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.

&hand; 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.

See Homelyn.

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.

Of or pertaining to one's dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts.

To one's home or country; as in the phrases, go home, come home, carry home.