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Entry 16 senses · 5 variants Webster, 1913

Home

/(hōm)/ · IPA /hoʊm/
01 n. See Homelyn.
  1. 1.
    See Homelyn.(Zool.) See: Homelyn
02 n. 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 fam…
  1. 1.
    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.
    “The disciples went away again to their own home.” — John xx. 10.
    “Home is the sacred refuge of our life.” — Dryden.
    “Home! home! sweet, sweet home! There's no place like home.” — Payne.
  2. 2.
    One's native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one's ancestors dwell or dwelt.
  3. 3.
    The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections.
    “He entered in his house -- his home no more, For without hearts there is no home.” — Byron.
  4. 4.
    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.
    “Her eyes are homes of silent prayer.” — Tennyson.
    “Flandria, by plenty made the home of war.” — Prior.
  5. 5.
    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.
    “Man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets.” — Eccl. xii. 5.
  6. 6.
    The home base; as, he started for home.(Baseball)
Phrases & compounds
At home — At one's own house, or lodgings.
Home department — the department of executive administration, by which the internal affairs of a country are managed.
To be at home on any subject — to be conversant or familiar with it.
To feel at home — to be at one's ease.
To make one's self at home — to conduct one's self with as much freedom as if at home.
Syn. Tenement; house; dwelling; abode; domicile.
03 a. Of or pertaining to one's dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts.
  1. 1.
    Of or pertaining to one's dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts.
  2. 2.
    Close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust.
  3. 3.
    In various games, the ultimate point aimed at in a progress; goal(Games)
Phrases & compounds
Home base — the base at which the batter stands when batting, and which is the last base to be reached in scoring a run.
Home farm, grounds, — the farm, grounds, etc., adjacent to the residence of the owner.
Home lot — an inclosed plot on which the owner's home stands.
Home rule — rule or government of an appendent or dependent country, as to all local and internal legislation, by means of a governing power vested in the people within the country itself, in contradistinction to a government established by the dominant country; as, home rule in Ireland. Also used adjectively; as, home-rule members of Parliament.
Home ruler — one who favors or advocates home rule.
Home stretch — that part of a race course between the last curve and the winning post.
Home thrust — a well directed or effective thrust; one that wounds in a vital part; hence, in controversy, a personal attack.
04 adv. To one's home or country; as in the phrases, go home, come home, carry home.
  1. 1.
    To one's home or country; as in the phrases, go home, come home, carry home.
  2. 2.
    Close; closely.
    “How home the charge reaches us, has been made out.” — South.
    “They come home to men's business and bosoms.” — Bacon.
  3. 3.
    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.
    “Wear thy good rapier bare and put it home.” — Shak.
Phrases & compounds
To bring home — See under Bring.
To come home — To touch or affect personally. See under Come.
To haul home the sheets of a sail — to haul the clews close to the sheave hole.
05 v. i. To return home.
  1. 1.
    To return home.
  2. 2.
    To proceed toward an object or location intended as a target; -- of missiles which can change course in flight under internal or external control; usually used with in on; as, the missile homed in on the radar site.
  3. 3.
    To arrive at or get closer to an object sought or an intended goal; used with in on; as, the repairman quickly homed in on the cause of the malfunction.[fig.]