home

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?"

synset: 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"

synset: 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"

synset: home

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"

synset: home_plate, home_base, home, plate

5. the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end

synset: base, home

6. place where something began and flourished; "the United States is the home of basketball"

synset: home

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"

synset: 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"; "the family refused to accept his will"

synset: family, household, house, home, menage

9. an institution where people are cared for; "a home for the elderly"

synset: home, nursing_home, rest_home

1. provide with, or send to, a home

synset: home

2. return home accurately from a long distance; "homing pigeons"

synset: home

1. used of your own ground; "a home game"

synset: home

2. relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are; "my home town"

synset: home

3. inside the country; "the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior"; "the nation's internal politics"

synset: home, interior, internal, national

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"

synset: home

2. on or to the point aimed at; "the arrow struck home"

synset: home

3. to the fullest extent; to the heart; "drove the nail home"; "drove his point home"; "his comments hit home"

synset: home

Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

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