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home (hōm)

noun

  1. the place where a person (or family) lives; one's dwelling place; specif.,
    1. the house, apartment, etc. where one lives or is living temporarily; living quarters
    2. the region, city, state, etc. where one lives
  2. the place where one was born or reared; one's own city, state, or country
  3. a place thought of as home; specif.,
    1. a place where one likes to be; restful or congenial place
    2. the grave
  4. the members of a family as a unit; a household and its affairs homes broken up by divorce
  5. an institution for the care of orphans, people who are old and helpless, etc.
    1. the place that is the natural environment of an animal, plant, etc.
    2. the place where something is or has been originated, developed, etc. Paris is the home of fashion
    1. in many games, the base or goal
    2. ☆ the home plate in baseball

Etymology: ME < OE hām, akin to Ger heim < Gmc *haim < IE base *kei-, to lie, homestead > hide, Gr keisthai, to lie down, rest, L civis, townsman, ON heimr, home, Goth haima, OHG heim: basic sense “place where one lies; dwelling”

adjective

  1. of home or a home; specif.,
    1. of the family, household, etc.; domestic
    2. of one's country, government, etc.; domestic
    3. of or at the center of activity or operations home office
  2. reaching its goal; effective; forceful; to the point a home truth
    1. designating or having to do with games played in the city, at the school, etc. where the team originates a team's home field
    2. designating or of the team playing in its own city or at its own school or facility white home uniforms
  4. of or for use in the home

adverb

  1. at, to, or in the direction of home or a home
  2. to the place where it must ultimately go; to the point aimed at to drive a nail home
  3. to the center or heart of a matter; closely; directly; deeply

Etymology: orig. the n. as acc. of direction

intransitive verb homed, hom′·ing

  1. to go or return to one's home
  2. to have a home

transitive verb

to send to, put into, or provide with a home

home Idioms

at home

  1. in one's own house, neighborhood, city, or country
  2. as if in one's own home; comfortable; at ease; familiar
  3. willing to receive visitors

bring something home to

  1. to impress something upon or make something clear to
  2. to fasten the blame for something on (someone)

come home

to return, as to one's home

home free

☆

Slang beyond the point of doubt in approaching success or victory

home (in) on

to guide, or be guided as by radar, heat, etc., to (a destination or target)

home Synonyms

home

modif.

  1. At home

    in one's home, in one's house, at ease, in the family, at rest, about home, homely, domestic, familiar, being oneself, before one's own fireside, homey, in the bosom of one's family, down home, in one's element; see also comfortable 1.

  2. Toward home

    to one's home, back, homeward bound; see homeward.

home Synonyms

home

n.

  1. A dwelling place

    house, dwelling, residence, habitation, habitat, tenement, abode, lodging, quarters, homestead, hospice, hostel, domicile, dormitory, seat, berth, apartment, condominium, flat, living quarters, messuage (British), palace, shelter, asylum, pied à terre (French), hut, haunt, resort, cabin, bungalow, cottage, chalet, mansion, castle, summer home, rooming house, country home, place, address, diggings, shanty, wigwam, igloo, topek, hovel, cave, isba (Russian), lodge, villa, hotel, inn, manor, tepee, farmhouse, tavern, resthouse, barrack, tent, pad*, hide-out*, dump*, hang-out*, headquarters*, parking place*, digs*, nest*, condo*, where one hangs one's hat*; see also apartment, trailer.

  2. The whole complex associated with domestic life

    homestead, hearth, fireside, birthplace, hometown, haven, rest, roof, the farm, the ancestral halls, the hills, the land, neck of the woods*, camping ground*, home-sweet-home*; see also sense 1.

  3. An asylum

    orphanage, orphan asylum, rest home, home for the aged, soldiers' home, shelter, sanatorium, insane asylum, mental hospital, poorhouse, poor farm, almshouse*, booby hatch*, bathouse*; see also hospital, sanitarium.

  4. In baseball, the base at which the batter stands

    home plate, the plate, batter's box, head of the diamond, the rubber*, the platter*; see also base 5.

at home

relaxed, at ease, familiar; see comfortable 1, home 1.

bring (something) home to

impress upon, make apparent, make clear to, convince; see emphasize, persuade 1.

come home

come back, go back, return home, regress; see return 1.

home Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • come: We can come back home to our heavenly Father.
  • return: I returned home on Tuesday & did not see her again till Thursday the 27 March.
  • go: In reality none of us were going home; the fact was some of us would never return.
  • arrive: The time from arriving home until getting out of bed this morning at 9am is something of a blur.

Adjective modifier

  • residential: This booklet gives guidance on the administration and control of medicines in residential homes, nursing homes and children's homes.
  • stately: It has the feel of a luxury stately home.
  • affordable: The Council has helped to deliver more than 120 new affordable homes in Restormel over the last year.
  • own: Make Art & Crafts in the comfort of your own home.
  • loving: Instead, we look for people who can make a lifelong commitment to a child who needs permanence, stability and a loving home.
  • permanent: Fostering involves caring for children while their parents are unable to, whereas adoption provides children with a permanent home.

Modifies a noun

  • page: Click on Monthly prize quiz link on home page for April prize quiz.
  • owner: It's home insurance owner uk not only personal injury lawyer.
  • insurance: It's home insurance owner uk not only personal injury lawyer.
  • loan: Other terms might be; unsecured loans, home loans, personal loans, secured loans or homeowner loans.
  • improvement: For example, making home improvements like building a conservatory or building an extension.
  • equity: If you do not meet the requirements this will purely Delay the home equity student loan easy application on the web claims refusal.

Noun used with modifier

  • nursing: This could be at home, in sheltered housing, or in a residential or nursing home.
  • holiday: The other option is to take out a second mortgage on your holiday home.
  • care: Where care homes are answer need quality care in public sector ( not for profits ).
  • family: In every generation the parents told the story of their ancestry going back to the family home in Africa.