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home in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. housing that someone is living in
    "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless"
    dwelling  home  domicile  abode  habitation  dwelling house 
  2. the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
    base  home 
  3. a social unit living together
    "he moved his family to Virginia"; "It was a good Christian household"; "I waited until the whole house was asleep"; "the teacher asked how many people made up his home"
    family  household  house  home  menage 
  4. an institution where people are cared for
    "a home for the elderly"
    home  nursing home  rest home 
  5. (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
    "he ruled that the runner failed to touch home"
    home plate  home base  home  plate 
  6. the country or state or city where you live
    "Canadian tariffs enabled United States lumber companies to raise prices at home"; "his home is New Jersey"
    home 
  7. place where something began and flourished
    "the United States is the home of basketball"
    home 
  8. 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?"
    home  place 
  9. an environment offering affection and security
    "home is where the heart is"; "he grew up in a good Christian home"; "there's no place like home"
    home 
verb
  1. return home accurately from a long distance
    "homing pigeons"
    home 
  2. provide with, or send to, a home
    home 
adjective
  1. used of your own ground
    "a home game"
    home 
  2. relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are
    "my home town"
    home 
  3. inside the country
    "the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior"; "the nation's internal politics"
    home  interior  internal  national 
adverb
  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"
    home  home 
  2. to the fullest extent; to the heart
    "drove the nail home"; "drove his point home"; "his comments hit home"
    home  home 
  3. on or to the point aimed at
    "the arrow struck home"
    home  home 
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University



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