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noun, the place or a place where one lives
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home
- 1) noun, the place or a place where one lives
- 2) noun, a house or other dwelling
- 3) noun, a family or other group living in a house or other place
- 4) noun, a person's country, city, etc, esp viewed as a birthplace, a residence during one's early years, or a place dear to one
- 5) noun, the environment or habitat of a person or animal
- 6) noun, the place where something is invented, founded, or developed
- 7) noun, a) a building or organization set up to care for orphans, the aged, etc b)an informal name for a mental home
- 8) noun, sport one's own ground
- 9) noun, a) the objective towards which a player strives in certain sports b) an area where a player is safe from attack
- 10) noun, lacrosse a) one of two positions of play nearest the opponents' goal b) a player assigned to such a position
- 11) noun, baseball. another name for home plate
- 12) noun, Britain, esp England
- 13) noun, a home from home a place other than one's own home where one can be at ease
- 14) noun, at home a) in one's own home or country b) at ease, as if at one's own home c) giving an informal party at one's own home d) such a party
- 15) noun, at home in, on, or with familiar or conversant with
- 16) noun, home and dry definitely safe or successful. Austral. and NZ equivalent: home and hosed
- 17) noun, near home concerning one deeply
- 18) adjective, of, relating to, or involving one's home, country, etc; domestic
- 19) adjective, (of an activity) done in one's house
- 20) adjective, effective or deadly
- 21) adjective, sport relating to one's own ground
- 22) adjective, central; principal
- 23) adverb, to or at home
- 24) adverb, to or on the point
- 25) adverb, to the fullest extent
- 26) adverb, (of nautical gear) into or in the best or proper position
- 27) adverb, bring home to a) to make clear to b) to place the blame on
- 28) adverb, come home nautical (of an anchor) to fail to hold
- 29) adverb, come home to to become absolutely clear to
- 30) adverb, nothing to write home about to be of no particular interest
- 31) verb, (of birds and other animals) to return home accurately from a distance
- 32) verb, to direct or be directed onto a point or target, esp by automatic navigational aids
- 33) verb, to send or go home
- 34) verb, to furnish with or have a home
- 35) verb, to be directed towards a goal, target, etc
Etymology
Old English hām; related to Old Norse heimr, Gothic haims, Old High German heim, Dutch heem, Greek kōmi village
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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Synonyms
environment, dwelling, house, residence, abode, habitation, pad (slang), domicile, birthplace, household, homeland, homestead, Godzone (Austral. informal), territory, habitat, range, element, haunt, stamping ground, domestic, national, local, central, internal, native, inland, relax, comfortable, content, at home in, present, available, bring something home to someone emphasize
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