- The definition of home is something that relates to or happens inside the place where a person or family resides.
- An example of home used as an adjective is the phrase home work which is the studying and assignments a student does away from school.
- An example of home used as an adjective is the phrase home office which is an office inside your house.
- Home is defined as a house or place where a person or family lives or where someone was born.
- An example of home is Balmoral Castle where Queen Elizabeth II resides.
- An example of home is Hawaii where Barack Obama was born.
A family sits outside their home.
home
noun
- the place where a person (or family) lives; one's dwelling place; specif.,
- the house, apartment, etc. where one lives or is living temporarily; living quarters
- the region, city, state, etc. where one lives
- the place where one was born or reared; one's own city, state, or country
- a place thought of as home; specif.,
- a place where one likes to be; restful or congenial place
- the grave
- the members of a family as a unit; a household and its affairs: homes broken up by divorce
- an institution for the care of orphans, people who are old and helpless, etc.
- the place that is the natural environment of an animal, plant, etc.
- the place where something is or has been originated, developed, etc.: Paris is the home of fashion
- in many games, the base or goal
- ☆ the home plate in baseball
Origin of home
Middle English ; from Old English hām, akin to German heim ; from Germanic an unverified form haim ; from Indo-European base an unverified form kei-, to lie, homestead from source hide, Classical Greek keisthai, to lie down, rest, Classical Latin civis, townsman, Old Norse heimr, home, Gothic haima, Old High German heim: basic sense “place where one lies; dwelling”adjective
- of home or a home; specif.,
- of the family, household, etc.; domestic
- of one's country, government, etc.; domestic
- of or at the center of activity or operations: home office
- reaching its goal; effective; forceful; to the point: a home truth
- designating or having to do with games played in the city, at the school, etc. where the team originates: a team's home field
- designating or of the team playing in its own city or at its own school or facility: white home uniforms
- of or for use in the home
adverb
- at, to, or in the direction of home or a home
- to the place where it must ultimately go; to the point aimed at: to drive a nail home
- to the center or heart of a matter; closely; directly; deeply
Origin of home
orig. the n. as acc. of directiontransitive verb
to send to, put into, or provide with a home
home Idioms
at home
- in one's own house, neighborhood, city, or country
- as if in one's own home; comfortable; at ease; familiar
- willing to receive visitors
bring something home to
- to impress something upon or make something clear to
- 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
noun
- A place where one lives; a residence.
- The physical structure within which one lives, such as a house or apartment.
- A dwelling place together with the family or social unit that occupies it; a household.
- a. An environment offering security and happiness.b. A valued place regarded as a refuge or place of origin.
- The place, such as a country or town, where one was born or has lived for a long period.
- The native habitat, as of a plant or animal.
- The place where something is discovered, founded, developed, or promoted; a source.
- A headquarters; a home base.
- a. Baseball Home plate.b. Games Home base.
- An institution where people are cared for: a home for the elderly.
- Computers a. The starting position of the cursor on a text-based computer display, usually in the upper left corner of the screen.b. A starting position within a computer application, such as the beginning of a line, file, or screen or the top of a chart or list.
adjective
- a. Of or relating to a home, especially to one's household or house: home cooking; home furnishings.b. Taking place in the home: home care for the elderly.
- Of, relating to, or being a place of origin or headquarters: the home office.
- Sports Relating to a team's sponsoring institution or to the place where it is franchised: a home game; the home field advantage.
- Of, relating to, or being the keys used as base positions for the fingers in touch-typing: The home row on a standard keyboard consists of the keys for A, S, D, F, J, K, L, ;, and '.
adverb
- At, to, or toward the direction of home: going home for lunch.
- On or into the point at which something is directed: The arrow struck home.
- To the center or heart of something; deeply: Your comments really hit home.
verb
homed homed, hom·ing, homesverb
, intransitive- To go or return to one's residence or base of operations.
- To move or advance toward a target or goal: The missile homed in on the target.
- To focus the attention or make progress achieving an objective: The investigators were homing in on the truth.
verb
, transitive- To guide (a missile or aircraft) to a target.
- Chiefly British a. To arrange to have (an animal) placed in a home.b. To take (an animal) into one's home.
Origin of home
Middle English, from Old English hām; see tkei- in Indo-European roots.home
Noun
(plural homes)
- A dwelling.
- One’s own dwelling place; the house or structure in which one lives; especially the house in which one lives with his family; the habitual abode of one’s family; also, one’s birthplace.
- The place where a person was raised; Childhood or parental home; home of one’s parents or guardian.
- The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections.
- A place of refuge, rest or care; an asylum.
- a home for outcasts; a home for the blind; a veterans' home
- (by extension) The grave; the final rest; also, the native and eternal dwelling place of the soul.
- One’s native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one’s ancestors dwell or dwelt.
- The locality where a thing is usually found, or was first found, or where it is naturally abundant; habitat; seat.
- the home of the pine
- A focus point.
- (gaming, in various games) The ultimate point aimed at in a progress; the goal.
- The object of Sorry! is to get all four of your pawns to your home.
- (baseball) Home plate.
- (lacrosse) The place of a player in front of an opponent’s goal; also, the player.
- (Internet) The landing page of a website; the site's homepage.
- (gaming, in various games) The ultimate point aimed at in a progress; the goal.
- (US, slang) Shortened form of homeboy.
Verb
(third-person singular simple present homes, present participle homing, simple past and past participle homed)
- (usually with "in on") To seek or aim for something.
- The missile was able to home in on the target.
Adjective
(not comparable)
Adverb
(not comparable)
- To one’s home or country.
- go home, come home, carry home.
- Close; closely.
- To the place where it belongs; to the end of a course; to the full length.
- to drive a nail home; to ram a cartridge home
- In one's place of residence or one's customary or official location; at home.
- Everyone's gone to watch the game; there's nobody home.
- (UK, soccer) Into the goal.
- (Internet) To the home page.
- Click here to go home.
Usage notes
- 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.
Origin
From Middle English home, hom, hoom, ham, from Old English hām (“village, hamlet, manor, estate, home, dwelling, house, region, country”), from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (“home, village”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“village, home”).
Germanic cognates: see *haimaz. Cognate with Irish caoimh (“dear”), Lithuanian kaimas (“village”), šeima (“family”), Albanian komb (“nation, people”), Old Church Slavonic сѣмь (sěmĭ, “seed”), Ancient Greek κώμη (kṓmē, “village”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (“to lie”) (compare Hittite kittari (“it lies”), Ancient Greek κεῖμαι (keîmai, “to lie down”), Latin civis (“citizen”), Avestan [script?] (saēte, “he lies, rests”), Sanskrit [script?] (śáye, “he lies”). [Cuneiform?] |
Noun
(uncountable)
Antonyms
Origin
From home
Proper noun
- A habitational surname.
home - Computer Definition
See Facebook Home.
