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Meaning of 'home'
Meaning of 'home' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Home 
[ a.]
- Of or pertaining to one's dwelling or country; domestic; not
foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts. [ a.]- Close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust.
2. Home [ adv.]
- To one's home or country; as in the phrases, go home, come
home, carry home. [ adv.]- Close; closely.
- To the place where it belongs; to the end of a course; to the full length; as, to drive a nail home; to ram a cartridge home.
3. Home [ n.]
- See Homelyn. [ n.]- One's own dwelling place; the house in which one lives; esp., 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.
- The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections.
- The locality where a thing is usually found, or was first found, or where it is naturally abundant; habitat; seat; as, the home of the pine.
- A place of refuge and rest; an asylum; as, a home for outcasts; a home for the blind; hence, esp., the grave; the final rest; also, the native and eternal dwelling place of the soul.
- The home base; he started for home.
Meaning of 'home' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. home [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- an institution where people are cared for
- an institution where people are cared for
Example in sentence:
- a home for the elderly
Meaning (2):
- the country or state or city where you live
- the country or state or city where you live
Example in sentence:
- Canadian tariffs enabled United States lumber companies to raise prices at home;
- his home is New Jersey
Meaning (3):
- where you live at a particular time
- where you live at a particular time
Example in sentence:
- deliver the package to my home;
- he doesn't have a home to go to;
- your place or mine?
Meaning (4):
- housing that someone is living in
- housing that someone is living in
Example in sentence:
- he built a modest dwelling near the pond;
- they raise money to provide homes for the homeless
Meaning (5):
- a social unit living together
- a social unit living together
Example in sentence:
- he moved his family to Virginia;
- I waited until the whole house was asleep;
- It was a good Christian household;
- the family refused to accept his will;
- the teacher asked how many people made up his home
Meaning (6):
- (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
- (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
Example in sentence:
- he ruled that the runner failed to touch home
Meaning (7):
- an environment offering affection and security
- an environment offering affection and security
Example in sentence:
- he grew up in a good Christian home;
- home is where the heart is;
- there's no place like home
Meaning (8):
- place where something began and flourished
- place where something began and flourished
Example in sentence:
- the United States is the home of basketball
2. home [ v]
[ v]Meaning (9):
- return home accurately from a long distance
- return home accurately from a long distance
Example in sentence:
- homing pigeons
3. home [ a]
[ a]Meaning (10):
- used of your own ground
- used of your own ground
Example in sentence:
- a home game
Meaning (11):
- relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are
- relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are
Example in sentence:
- my home town
4. home [ r]
[ r]Meaning (12):
- to the fullest extent; to the heart
- to the fullest extent; to the heart
Example in sentence:
- drove his point home;
- drove the nail home;
- his comments hit home
Meaning (13):
- at or to or in the direction of one's home or family
- at or to or in the direction of one's home or family
Example in sentence:
- after the game the children brought friends home for supper;
- came riding home in style;
- don't forget to write home;
- He stays home on weekends;
- I hope you will come home for Christmas;
- I'll be home tomorrow;
- I'll take her home
Meaning (14):
- on or to the point aimed at
- on or to the point aimed at
Example in sentence:
- the arrow struck home
5. home [ s]
[ s]Meaning (15):
- inside the country
- inside the country
Example in sentence:
- the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior;
- the nation's internal politics
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