Home Definition
hōm
homed, homes, homing
noun
homes
The place where a person (or family) lives; one's dwelling place.
Webster's New World
The physical structure within which one lives, such as a house or apartment.
American Heritage
The members of a family as a unit; a household and its affairs.
Homes broken up by divorce.
Webster's New World
The place where one was born or reared; one's own city, state, or country.
Webster's New World
A place thought of as home.
Webster's New World
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adjective
Of or relating to a home, especially to one's household or house.
Home cooking; home furnishings.
American Heritage
Of home or a home.
Webster's New World
Designating or having to do with games played in the city, at the school, etc. where the team originates.
A team's home field.
Webster's New World
Designating or of the team playing in its own city or at its own school or facility.
White home uniforms.
Webster's New World
Of, relating to, or being a place of origin or headquarters.
The home office.
American Heritage
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adverb
At, to, or in the direction of home or a home.
Webster's New World
On or into the point at which something is directed.
The arrow struck home.
American Heritage
To the place where it must ultimately go; to the point aimed at.
To drive a nail home.
Webster's New World
To the center or heart of a matter; closely; directly; deeply.
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verb
homed, homes, homing
To go or return to one's residence or base of operations.
American Heritage
To have a home.
Webster's New World
To move or advance toward a target or goal.
The missile homed in on the target.
American Heritage
To send to, put into, or provide with a home.
Webster's New World
To focus the attention or make progress achieving an objective.
The investigators were homing in on the truth.
American Heritage
pronoun
A habitational surname.
Wiktionary
prefix
Alternative spelling of homoe-.
Wiktionary
idiom
at home
- Available to receive visitors:
at home on Thursdays.
- Comfortable and relaxed; at ease:
at home in diplomatic circles.
American Heritage
home free
- Out of jeopardy; assured of success:
We had our hardest exams first and were home free after that.
American Heritage
at home
- in one's own house, neighborhood, city, or country
- as if in one's own home; comfortable; at ease; familiar
Webster's New World
bring something home to
- to impress something upon or make something clear to
- to fasten the blame for something on (someone)
Webster's New World
come home
- to return, as to one's home
Webster's New World
Origin of Home
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From Middle English home, hom, hoom, ham, from Old English hām (“village, hamlet, manor, estate, home, dwelling, house, region, country”), from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (“home, village”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“village, home”).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old English hām tkei- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From home
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