- a house, apartment, or other shelter that is the usual residence of a person, family, or household.
- the place in which one's domestic affections are centered.
- an institution for people who lack stable housing, who are sick or infirm, etc.: a nursing home;a home for those with dementia.
- the dwelling place or retreat of an animal.
- the place or region where something is native or most common.
- any place of residence or refuge: a heavenly home.
- a person's native place or own country.
- a principal base of operations or activities: The new stadium will be the home of the local football team.
- (in games) the destination or goal.
- home plate.
- one of three attack positions nearest the opposing goal.
- of, relating to, or connected with one's home or country: home cooking;the rising home demand for gasoline.
- principal or main: the corporation's home office.
- reaching the mark aimed at: a home thrust.
- 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.
- to, toward, or at home: to go home.
- deep; to the heart: The truth of the accusation struck home.
- to the mark or point aimed at: He drove the point home.
- Nautical.
- into the position desired; perfectly or to the greatest possible extent: We radioed instructions to the crew, and the huge sails were sheeted home.
- in the proper, stowed position: The anchor is home.
- toward its vessel: to bring the anchor home.
- to navigate toward a point by means of coordinates other than those given by altitudes (often followed by on): This clever defensive technology prevented torpedoes from homing on the U-boat.
- to go or return home: Bees have the ability to learn visual landmarks and use them when foraging and homing.
- to have a home where specified; reside: God now homes in the hearts of His people.
- to provide with a home: After being microchipped and fully vaccinated, the puppy was homed with six weeks free insurance.
- Computers.
- to provide (a computer) with a network connection: Each subscriber must be homed to a node in the network.
- to prepare (a 3D printer) for use by setting the horizontal and vertical limits for positioning the extruder before a printing task: Do not try to do anything with your printer until you home it.
- to provide a display or storage space for; house: Adding lighting to the unit creates a stunning wall feature to home all your treasured possessions. The library homes a wide variety of resources for the avid gardener.
- to direct, especially under control of an automatic aiming device, toward an airport, target, etc.: The guidance system homed the missile on a target that was radar-illuminated by the launch aircraft.
- to bring or send home.
- home in (on),
- (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: The bomb homed in on the bridge.
- to direct one’s attention or energies toward: The committee quickly homed in on the relevant details.
- 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.
- to make evident to; clarify or emphasize for: The irrevocability of her decision was brought home to her.
- having safely achieved one's goal.
- 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.
- to comment especially on; remark on (usually used in the negative): The town was nothing to write home about.His cooking is really something to write home about.
- the place or a place where one lives
- a house or other dwelling
- a family or other group living in a house or other place
- a person's country, city, etc, esp viewed as a birthplace, a residence during one's early years, or a place dear to one
- the environment or habitat of a person or animal
- the place where something is invented, founded, or developed
- a building or organization set up to care for orphans, the aged, etc
- an informal name for a mental home
- one's own ground
- the objective towards which a player strives in certain sports
- an area where a player is safe from attack
- lacrosse
- one of two positions of play nearest the opponents' goal
- a player assigned to such a position
- baseball another name for home plate
- Britain, esp England
- a place other than one's own home where one can be at ease
- 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
- such a party
- familiar or conversant with
- definitely safe or successful
- concerning one deeply
- of, relating to, or involving one's home, country, etc; domestic
- (of an activity) done in one's house
- effective or deadly
- relating to one's own ground
- central; principal
- to or at home
- to or on the point
- to the fullest extent
- (of nautical gear) into or in the best or proper position
- bring home to
- to make clear to
- to place the blame on
- (of an anchor) to fail to hold
- to become absolutely clear to
- to be of no particular interest
- (of birds and other animals) to return home accurately from a distance
- to direct or be directed onto a point or target, esp by automatic navigational aids
- to send or go home
- to furnish with or have a home
- to be directed towards a goal, target, etc
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