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Adjective
/hōm/,
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homes, plural;
  1. Of or relating to the place where one lives
    • - I don't have your home address
  2. Made, done, or intended for use in the place where one lives
    • - traditional home cooking
  3. Relating to one's own country and its domestic affairs
    • - Japanese competitors are selling cars for lower prices in the U.S. than in their home market
  4. (of a sports team or player) Belonging to the country or locality in which a sporting event takes place
    • - the home team
  5. Played on or connected with a team's own ground
    • - their first home game of the season
  6. Denoting the administrative center of an organization
    • - the company has moved its home office
Verb
  1. (of an animal) Return by instinct to its territory after leaving it
    • - a dozen geese homing to their summer nesting grounds
  2. (of a pigeon bred for long-distance racing) Fly back to or arrive at its loft after being released at a distant point

  3. Move or be aimed toward (a target or destination) with great accuracy
    • - more than 100 missiles were launched, homing in on radar emissions
  4. Focus attention on
    • - a teaching style that homes in on what is of central importance for each student
Noun
  1. The place where one lives permanently, esp. as a member of a family or household
    • - I was nineteen when I left home and went to college
    • - they have made Provence their home
  2. The family or social unit occupying such a place
    • - he came from a good home and was well educated
  3. A house or an apartment considered as a commercial property
    • - low-cost homes for first-time buyers
  4. A place where something flourishes, is most typically found, or from which it originates
    • - Piedmont is the home of Italy's finest red wines
  5. A place where an object is kept

  6. An institution for people needing professional care or supervision
    • - an old people's home
  7. The goal or end point

  8. The place where a player is free from attack

  9. (in lacrosse) Each of the three players stationed nearest their opponents's goal

  10. A game played or won by a team on their own ground

Adverb
  1. To the place where one lives
    • - what time did he get home last night?
  2. In or at the place where one lives
    • - I stayed home with the kids
  3. To the end or conclusion of a race or something difficult
    • - the favorite romped home six lengths clear
  4. To or toward home plate

  5. To the intended or correct position
    • - he drove the bolt home noisily
  1. 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 take her home"; "don't forget to write home"
  2. home(a): used of your own ground; "a home game"
  3. provide with, or send to, a home
  4. 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?"
  5. dwelling: housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless"
  6. on or to the point aimed at; "the arrow struck home"
  7. @Home Network was a high-speed cable Internet service provider from 1996 to 2002. It was founded by Milo Medin, cable companies TCI, Comcast, and Cox Communications, and William Randolph Hearst III, who was their first CEO, as a joint venture to produce high-speed cable Internet service through ...
  8. A Home directory is a file system directory on a multi-user operating system containing files for a given user of the system. ...
  9. A home is a place of residence or refuge. It is usually a place in which an individual or a family can rest and be able to store personal property. Most modern-day households contain sanitary facilities and a means of preparing food. ...
  10. The HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) is a type of United States Federal assistance provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to States in order to provide decent and affordable housing, particularly housing for low- and very low-income Americans. ...
  11. The History of Middle-earth is a 12-volume series of books published from 1983 through to 1996 that collect and analyse material relating to the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, compiled and edited by his son, Christopher Tolkien. ...
  12. Home is a paranoid, darkly comic, hour-long television film made by the BBC and directed by Richard Curson Smith. He adapted it from a short story by J. G. Ballard in 2003. ...
  13. Home is a 2008 Swiss drama film directed by Ursula Meier and starring Isabelle Huppert. The film was the official Swiss submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the 82nd Academy Awards.
  14. Home is a 2009 documentary by Yann Arthus-Bertrand. The film is almost entirely composed of aerial shots of various places on Earth. It shows the diversity of life on Earth and how humanity is threatening the ecological balance of the planet. ...
  15. Home is the 3rd album of the Filipino band, 6cyclemind. Having 11 revived tracks, it has been released by Sony BMG Pilipinas on 2007.
  16. Home, also referred to as The Home Show, was a daytime/nighttime informational talk show that aired on ABC from 1988 to 1994.
  17. "Home" is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music artist Alan Jackson. A moderate up-tempo in which Jackson recalls his and his parents' upbringing as a child in the state of Georgia, "Home" was originally recorded by him on his 1989 debut album Here in the Real World. ...
  18. "Home" is episode 22 of season 4 in the television show Angel. Written and directed by Tim Minear, it was originally broadcast on May 7, 2003 on the WB network. ...
  19. Home is the first major-label album from Angela Aki. The album includes the songs from the singles released over the monthly period. In addition to the normal version of the album, a limited edition was also released. ...
  20. "Home" is the first major label single by Japanese singer Angela Aki. It was released on September 14, 2005, and reached number 38 on the Oricon Charts.
  21. A key that when pressed causes the cursor to go to the first character of the current line; A habitational surname
  22. 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; One’s native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one’s ancestors dwell or dwelt; ...
  23. (homeful) As much as a home can hold; Homely; cosy; Having a place to live; not homeless
  24. (homely) Characteristic of or belonging to home, domestic. [from early 14th c.]; Simple, familiar, unelaborate. [from late 14th c.]; Lacking in beauty or elegance, plain in appearance, physically unattractive; Proficient in skills needed to maintain a home
  25. (homeness) The condition of being a home; homeliness, domesticity