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adv 1: 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"
2: on or to the point aimed at; "the arrow struck home"
3: to the fullest extent; to the heart; "drove the nail home";
"drove his point home"; "his comments hit home"
adj 1: used of your own ground; "a home game" [ant: {away}]
2: relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots
are; "my home town"
3: inside the country; "the British Home Office has broader
responsibilities than the United States Department of the
Interior"; "the nation's internal politics" [syn: {home(a)},
{interior(a)}, {internal}, {national}]
n 1: 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?" [syn: {home}, {place}]
2: housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest
dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes
for the homeless" [syn: {dwelling}, {home}, {domicile},
{abode}, {habitation}, {dwelling house}]
3: 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"
4: (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter
stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to
score; "he ruled that the runner failed to touch home" [syn:
{home plate}, {home base}, {home}, {plate}]
5: the place where you are stationed and from which missions
start and end [syn: {base}, {home}]
6: place where something began and flourished; "the United
States is the home of basketball"
7: 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"
8: a social unit living together; "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" [syn: {family}, {household},
{house}, {home}, {menage}]
9: an institution where people are cared for; "a home for the
elderly" [syn: {home}, {nursing home}, {rest home}]
v 1: provide with, or send to, a home
2: return home accurately from a long distance; "homing pigeons"
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