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[ noun ] where you live at a particular time
Synonyms Examples "deliver the package to my home" "he doesn't have a home to go to" "your place or mine?" Used in print (The New York Times,...)Shea and his wife , Nori , make their home at Sands_Point , L._I. . (Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)Parents should be informed about this system and encouraged to do the same with the whole family at home . (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)His unsuccessful strivings to give_up drink are represented as religious strivings ; he keeps a bottle in a wardrobe at home , and `` before this wardrobe Praisegod_Piepsam had before now gone literally on his knees , and in his wrestlings had bitten his tongue - and still in_the_end capitulated '' . (LeRoy Fothergill, "Biological Warfare", in Peter...)These were located at the homes of Government employees , in Government_Offices , buildings and reservations within the trial area . (Robert A. Futterman, The Future of Our Cities....)Just as the suburban factory may be more convenient than the downtown plant to the worker with a car , the trip to the shopping_center may seem far easier than to the downtown department_store , though both are the same distance from home . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (housing) housing that someone is living in
Synonyms Examples "he built a modest dwelling near the pond" "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless" Used in print (Musical America, LXXXI:5...)Stravinsky , nearing the age of eighty , is like a lost and frantic bird , flitting from one abandoned nest to another , searching for a home . (Bern Dibner, "Oerstad and the Discovery of Electro...)The brothers continued to help each other during their studies , sharing a joint purse , lodging together in the dormitory and dining together at the home of their aunt . (Philip Reaves, "Who Rules the Marriage Bed?"...)Circumstances gave her almost undisputed sway over child rearing , money handling and home maintenance . (Orlin J. Scoville, Part-Time Farming...)Look_for a farm in a neighborhood of well-kept homes . (L. Don Leet and Florence J. Leet, editors, The World of...)In 1896 a Japanese tsunami killed 27000 people and swept_away 10000 homes . |
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[ noun ] the country or state or city where you live
Examples "Canadian tariffs enabled United States lumber companies to raise prices at home" "his home is New Jersey" Used in print (Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)Even while suffering the trip to his home , Cook swore to Moore and Lane that he would kill the Indian . (William Maxwell, The Chateau....)So something like this matters more_than it would at home . Related terms |
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[ adverb ] at or to or in the direction of one's home or family
Examples "He stays home on weekends" "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" Used in print (The Atlanta Constitution...)The Georgia_Legislature will wind_up its 1961 session Monday and head for home - where some of the highway bond money it approved will follow shortly . (The Providence Journal...)And Paul_Lipson , as Morris , the faithful one who never gets home to his Shirley 's dinner , was fine , too . (High Fidelity, 11:10...)It is this sort of experience that makes the concept of high_fidelity of real musical significance for the home music listener . The home listener is overpowered , all_right , but the experience is a far from pleasant one . (Clifford H. Pope, The Giant Snakes....)Oversized monsters are never brought home either alive or preserved , and field measurements are obviously open_to doubt because of the universal tendency to exaggerate dimensions . |
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[ noun ] an environment offering affection and security
Examples "home is where the heart is" "he grew up in a good Christian home" "there's no place like home" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (housing) an institution where people are cared for
Synonyms Examples "a home for the elderly" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
Synonyms Examples "he ruled that the runner failed to touch home" Used in print (Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)After Al_Paschal grounded_out , Jay_Cooke walked and Jim_McDaniel singled home McAuliffe . Bobby_Lowe of Boston was the first to hit four at home and Gil_Hodges turned_the_trick in Brooklyn 's Ebbetts_Field . |
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[ adjective ] (sport) used of your own ground
Examples "a home game" Used in print (The Dallas Morning News,...)The Dallas Texans were back home Monday with their third victory in four American_Football_League starts - a 19 - 12 triumph over the Denver_Broncos - but their visit will be a short one . (Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)Incidentally , only two did it before a home audience . (The New York Times,...)The owners would_like each club in the fourteen team league to play a home and home series with teams in its division , plus two games against teams in the other division . The owners would_like each club in the fourteen team league to play a home and home series with teams in its division , plus two games against teams in the other division . (St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)Manager_Hemus , eager to end a pitching slump that has brought four losses in the five games on the current home stand , moved Gibson to the Wednesday night starting assignment . |
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[ noun ] place where something began and flourished
Examples "the United States is the home of basketball" Used in print (Robert A. Futterman, The Future of Our Cities....)No suburban shopping-center branch - not even Hudson 's vast Northland outside Detroit - does anything like the unit volume of business or carries anything like the variety of merchandise to be found in the home store . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are
Examples "my home town" Used in print (Leo Lemon, "Catch Up With" and "Something to...)Suddenly , a messenger arrives and , just before collapsing dead at his feet , informs him that the Saracens have invaded Silesia , the home province of his affianced . |
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[ adverb ] on or to the point aimed at
Examples "the arrow struck home" Used in print (Booton Herndon, "From Custer to Korea, The 7th Cavalry"...)But the bullets whacked home before he finished his battle_cry and Marvin_Goulding fell dead . (Edwin Booth, Outlaw Town....)Curt managed to duck beneath the man 's flailing fist , and drove home a solid left to Jess 's mid_section . |
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[ noun ] (housing) a social unit living together
Examples "he moved his family to Virginia" "It was a good Christian household" "I waited until the whole house was asleep" "the teacher asked how many people made up his home" Related terms unit foster_home extended_family menage_a_trois foster_family nuclear_family |
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[ adverb ] to the fullest extent; to the heart
Examples "drove the nail home" "drove his point home" "his comments hit home" |
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[ adjective ] relating to or taking place in a home or house or household
Examples "home cooking" "home furnishings" "home care for the elderly" Related terms |
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[ verb ] return home accurately from a long distance, as of some birds
Examples "homing pigeons" Related terms |
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