home
[ hohm ]
/ hoʊm /
noun
a house, apartment, or other shelter that is the usual residence of a person, family, or household.
the place in which one's domestic affections are centered.
an institution for the homeless, sick, etc.: a nursing home.
the dwelling place or retreat of an animal.
the place or region where something is native or most common.
any place of residence or refuge: a heavenly home.
a person's native place or own country.
(in games) the destination or goal.
a principal base of operations or activities: The new stadium will be the home of the local football team.
Baseball.
home plate.
Lacrosse.
one of three attack positions nearest the opposing goal.
adjective
of, relating to, or connected with one's home or country; domestic: home products.
principal or main: the corporation's home office.
reaching the mark aimed at: a home thrust.
Sports.
played in a ball park, arena, or the like, that is or is assumed to be the center of operations of a team: The pitcher didn't lose a single home game all season.
Compare away(def 11).
adverb
to, toward, or at home: to go home.
deep; to the heart: The truth of the accusation struck home.
to the mark or point aimed at: He drove the point home.
Nautical.
- into the position desired; perfectly or to the greatest possible extent: sails sheeted home.
- in the proper, stowed position: The anchor is home.
- toward its vessel: to bring the anchor home.
verb (used without object), homed, hom·ing.
to go or return home.
(of guided missiles, aircraft, etc.) to proceed, especially under control of an automatic aiming mechanism, toward a specified target, as a plane, missile, or location (often followed by in on): The missile homed in on the target.
to navigate toward a point by means of coordinates other than those given by altitudes.
to have a home where specified; reside.
verb (used with object), homed, hom·ing.
to bring or send home.
to provide with a home.
to direct, especially under control of an automatic aiming device, toward an airport, target, etc.
Idioms for home
- in one's own house or place of residence.
- in one's own town or country.
- prepared or willing to receive social visits: Tell him I'm not at home. We are always at home to her.
- in a situation familiar to one; at ease: She has a way of making everyone feel at home.
- well-informed; proficient: to be at home in the classics.
- played in one's hometown or on one's own grounds: The Yankees played two games at home and one away.
at home,
bring home to,
to make evident to; clarify or emphasize for: The irrevocability of her decision was brought home to her.
- assured of finishing, accomplishing, succeeding, etc.: If we can finish more than half the work today, we'll be home free.
- certain to be successfully finished, accomplished, secured, etc.: With most of the voters supporting it, the new law is home free.
home and dry, British Informal.
having safely achieved one's goal.
home free,
write home about,
to comment especially on; remark on: The town was nothing to write home about. His cooking is really something to write home about.
Origin of home
before 900; Middle English
hom, Old English
hām (noun and adv.); cognate with Dutch
heim, Old Norse
heimr, Danish
hjem, Swedish
hem, German
Heim home, Gothic
haims village; akin to
haunt
SYNONYMS FOR home
OTHER WORDS FROM home
min·i·home, nounWords nearby home
Definition for home (2 of 2)
Example sentences from the Web for home
Meanwhile, almost exactly 30 years after the trial, the judge left his home to board a steamboat and was never heard from again.
New York’s Most Tragic Ghost Loves Minimalist Swedish Fashion |Nina Strochlic |January 8, 2015 |DAILY BEASTThis reporter knocked at the Wilkins home on Tuesday morning but received neither an answer nor the business end of a shotgun.
The 7-Year-Old Plane Crash Survivor’s Brutal Journey Through the Woods |James Higdon |January 7, 2015 |DAILY BEASTExpensive day care pushes women out of the labor market while men continue to work outside the home.
He is expected to spend the next few days closeted with lawyers and advisers at his home, Royal Lodge, in Windsor Great Park.
But Sarah Ferguson still lives in the family home, Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park, when she is in the U.K.
What if Uncle Josiah had forgotten his engagement, and was 332 not home?
Captain Pott's Minister |Francis L. CooperCertainly he never again found himself so well satisfied, or so much at home.
The Education of Henry Adams |Henry AdamsPerhaps he is stirred at the thought of fighting for "England, Home, and Beauty."
Kitchener's Mob |James Norman HallWhy, she cannot leave her home at any time, without being dogged by your spies.
An Artist in Crime |Rodrigues OttolenguiThere was no one left at home that day but a girl fourteen years old and her four younger brothers.
Once Upon A Time In Connecticut |Caroline Clifford Newton
British Dictionary definitions for home (1 of 2)
home
/ (həʊm) /
noun
the place or a place where one lives
have you no home to go to?
a house or other dwelling
a family or other group living in a house or other place
a person's country, city, etc, esp viewed as a birthplace, a residence during one's early years, or a place dear to one
the environment or habitat of a person or animal
the place where something is invented, founded, or developed
the US is the home of baseball
- a building or organization set up to care for orphans, the aged, etc
- an informal name for a mental home
sport
one's own ground
the match is at home
- the objective towards which a player strives in certain sports
- an area where a player is safe from attack
lacrosse
- one of two positions of play nearest the opponents' goal
- a player assigned to such a positioninside home
baseball another name for home plate
NZ informal, obsolete
Britain, esp England
a home from home
a place other than one's own home where one can be at ease
at home
- in one's own home or country
- at ease, as if at one's own home
- giving an informal party at one's own home
- British such a party
at home in, at home on or at home with
familiar or conversant with
home and dry British informal
definitely safe or successful
we will not be home and dry until the votes have been counted Austral. and NZ equivalent: home and hosed
near home
concerning one deeply
adjective (usually prenominal)
of, relating to, or involving one's home, country, etc; domestic
(of an activity) done in one's house
home taping
effective or deadly
a home thrust
sport
relating to one's own ground
a home game
US
central; principal
the company's home office
adverb
to or at home
I'll be home tomorrow
to or on the point
to the fullest extent
hammer the nail home
(of nautical gear) into or in the best or proper position
the boom is home
bring home to
- to make clear to
- to place the blame on
come home nautical
(of an anchor) to fail to hold
come home to
to become absolutely clear to
nothing to write home about informal
to be of no particular interest
the film was nothing to write home about
verb
(intr)
(of birds and other animals) to return home accurately from a distance
(often foll by on or onto)
to direct or be directed onto a point or target, esp by automatic navigational aids
to send or go home
to furnish with or have a home
(intr; often foll by in or in on)
to be directed towards a goal, target, etc
Derived forms of home
homelike, adjectiveWord Origin for home
Old English
hām; related to Old Norse
heimr, Gothic
haims, Old High German
heim, Dutch
heem, Greek
kōmi village
British Dictionary definitions for home (2 of 2)
Idioms and Phrases with home
home
In addition to the idioms beginning with home
- home free
- home in on
- home run
- home truth
also see:
- at home
- bring home
- bring home the bacon
- chickens come home to roost
- close to home
Drive Homeeat someone out of house and homemake oneself at homenobody homenothing to write home abouttill the cows come home.