home

1. noun /həʊm,hoʊm/

a) 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.

And the disciples wet awaye agayne vnto their awne home.

b) One’s native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one’s ancestors dwell or dwelt.

Thither for ease and soft repose we come: / Home is the sacred refuge of our life; / Secured from all approaches, but a wife.

Syn: tenement, house, dwelling, abode, domicile, residence, home base

2. verb /həʊm,hoʊm/

(usually with "in on") To seek or aim for something.

The missile was able to home on the target.

3. adjective /həʊm,hoʊm/

a) Of or pertaining to one’s dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts.

b) Close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust.

4. adverb /həʊm,hoʊm/

a) To one’s home or country

go home, come home, carry home.

b) Close; closely.

He made no complaint of his ill-fortune, but only repeated in a quiet voice, with a pathos of which he was himself evidently unconscious, "I want to get home to Ninety-second Street, Philadelphia."

See Also: homing, homeless, homely, homeowner, homestead, homey, homy, home away from home, home free, independent home, parental home, hometown