Etymology : Middle English hom, from Old English hAm village, home; akin to Old High German heim home
Pronunciation : hOm
Function : noun
Date : before 12th century
1. place where one lives, residence; house, apartment; place where one feels comfortable; institution for disabled or homeless people; home plate (Baseball). proceed toward a target (i.e. a guided missile, etc.); return to one's place of residence. domestic, homey, of a home; central, main (i.e. home office). adhomeward, in the direction of home; deeply, to the heart of the matter. home\home\, n. in various games, the ultimate point aimed at in a progress; goal; as: (a) (baseball) the plate at which the batter stands. (b) (lacrosse) the place of a player in front of an opponent's goal; also, the player.home \home\ , a.
2. of or pertaining to one's dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts.
3. close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust.home base (baseball), the base at which the batsman stands and which is the last goal in making a run.home farm,.
4. See Homelyn.
5. 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.
6. One's native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one's ancestors dwell or dwelt.
7. The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. The home base; he started for home.
11. Of or pertaining to one's dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts.
12. Close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust.
13. To one's home or country; as in the phrases, go home, come home, carry home.
14. Close; closely.
15. 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.
16. In various games, the ultimate point aimed at in a progress; goal The plate at which the batter stands.
17. The place of a player in front of an opponent's goal; also, the player. an institution where people are cared for; "a home for the elderly" 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" 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?" place where something began and flourished; "the United States is the home of basketball" 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" return home accurately from a long distance; "homing pigeons" provide with, or send to, a home relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are; "my home town" 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" to the fullest extent; to the heart; "drove the nail home"; "drove his point home"; "his comments hit home" on or to the point aimed at; "the arrow struck home".
18. 1. Someone's home is the house or flat where they live. Last night they stayed at home and watched TV his home in Hampstead. the allocation of land for new homes.
19. You can use home to refer in a general way to the house, town, or country where someone lives now or where they were born, often to emphasize that they feel they belong in that place. She gives frequent performances of her work, both at home and abroad His father worked away from home for much of Jim's first five years Warwick is home to some 550 international students.
20. Home means to or at the place where you live. His wife wasn't feeling too well and she wanted to go home Hi, Mom, I'm home!.
21. Home means made or done in the place where you live. cheap but healthy home cooking All you have to do is make a home video.
22. Home means relating to your own country as opposed to foreign countries. Europe's software companies still have a growing home market. = domestic.
23. A home is a large house or institution where a number of people live and are looked after, instead of living in their own houses or flats. They usually live there because they are too old or ill to look after themselves or for their families to care for them. an old people's home.
24. You can refer to a family unit as a home. She had, at any rate, provided a peaceful and loving home for Harriet.
25. If you refer to the home of something, you mean the place where it began or where it is most typically found. This south-west region of France is the home of claret.
26. If you find a home for something, you find a place where it can be kept. The equipment itself is getting smaller, neater and easier to find a home for.
27. If you press, drive, or hammer something home, you explain it to people as forcefully as possible. It is now up to all of us to debate this issue and press home the argument.
28. When a sports team plays at home, they play a game on their own ground, rather than on the opposing team's ground. I scored in both games against Barcelona; we drew at home and beat them away. Home is also an adjective. All three are Chelsea fans, and attend all home games together. ¡Ù away.
29. If you feel at home, you feel comfortable in the place or situation that you are in. He spoke very good English and appeared pleased to see:
us, and we soon felt quite at home.
30. To bring something home to someone means to make them understand how important or serious it is. Their sobering conversation brought home to everyone present the serious and worthwhile work the Red Cross does.
31. If you say that someone is, in British English home and dry, or in American English home free, you mean that they have been successful or that they are certain to be successful. The prime minister and the moderates are not yet home and dry.
32. If a situation or what someone says hits home or strikes home, people accept that it is real or true, even though it may be painful for them to realize. Did the reality of war finally hit home?.
33. approval You can say a home from home in British English or a home away from home in American English to refer to a place in which you are as comfortable as in your own home. Many cottages are a home from home, offering microwaves, dishwashers, tvs and videos.
34. politeness If you say to a guest `Make yourself at home', you are making them feel welcome and inviting them to behave in an informal, relaxed way.
35. If you say that something is nothing to write home about, you mean that it is not very interesting or exciting. So a dreary Monday afternoon in Walthamstow is nothing to write home about, right?.
36. If something that is thrown or fired strikes home, it reaches its target. Only two torpedoes struck home. Home Rule Irish Ladies' Home Journal nursing home Douglas Home Sir Alec Baron Home of the Hirsel of Coldstream.
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