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home
(h/j//u/m )

adjective (a)

  • used of your own ground(adj.all)
    Example:
    A home game.
    Antonym:
    away
    source: wordnet30
  • relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are(adj.pert)
    Example:
    My home town.
    source: wordnet30
  • Of or pertaining to one's dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • where you live at a particular time(noun.location)
    Example:
    Deliver the package to my home.
    He doesn't have a home to go to.
    Synonym:
    place
    source: wordnet30
  • housing that someone is living in(noun.artifact)
    Example:
    They raise money to provide homes for the homeless.
    Synonym:
    abode, domicile, dwelling, dwelling house, habitation
    source: wordnet30
  • the country or state or city where you live(noun.location)
    Example:
    Canadian tariffs enabled United States lumber companies to raise prices at home.
    His home is New Jersey.
    source: wordnet30
  • (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score(noun.artifact)
    Example:
    He ruled that the runner failed to touch home.
    Synonym:
    home base, home plate, plate
    source: wordnet30
  • the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end(noun.location)
    Synonym:
    base
    source: wordnet30
  • place where something began and flourished(noun.location)
    Example:
    The United States is the home of basketball.
    source: wordnet30
  • an environment offering affection and security(noun.state)
    Example:
    Home is where the heart is.
    He grew up in a good Christian home.
    There's no place like home.
    source: wordnet30
  • a social unit living together(noun.group)
    Example:
    The teacher asked how many people made up his home.
    Synonym:
    family, house, household, menage
    source: wordnet30
  • an institution where people are cared for(noun.artifact)
    Example:
    A home for the elderly.
    Synonym:
    nursing home, rest home
    source: wordnet30
  • See Homelyn.(noun)
    source: webster1913
  • In various games, the ultimate point aimed at in a progress; goal(noun)
    source: webster1913

adverb (r)

  • at or to or in the direction of one's home or family(adv.all)
    Example:
    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.
    source: wordnet30
  • on or to the point aimed at(adv.all)
    Example:
    The arrow struck home.
    source: wordnet30
  • to the fullest extent; to the heart(adv.all)
    Example:
    Drove the nail home.
    Drove his point home.
    His comments hit home.
    source: wordnet30
  • To one's home or country; as in the phrases, go home, come home, carry home.(adverb)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • inside the country(adj.all)
    Example:
    The British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior.
    Synonym:
    interior, internal, national
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • provide with, or send to, a home(verb.social)
    source: wordnet30
  • return home accurately from a long distance(verb.motion)
    source: wordnet30
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