home
(noun, adjective, verb, adverb)
adjective
1. used of your own ground
- a home game
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
adverb
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
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
Sentences with home as an adverb:
- go home, come home, carry home.
- to drive a nail home; to ram a cartridge home
- Everyone's gone to watch the game; there's nobody home.
- Click here to go home.
noun
1. where you live at a particular time
- deliver the package to my home
- he doesn't have a home to go to
Similar word(s): place
Definition categories: location, abode, residence
2. housing that someone is living in
- they raise money to provide homes for the homeless
Similar word(s): abode, domicile, dwelling, habitation
Definition categories: man–made, housing, lodging
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
Definition categories: location
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
Similar word(s): plate
Definition categories: man–made, bag, base
5. the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
Similar word(s): base
Definition categories: location
6. place where something began and flourished
- the United States is the home of basketball
Definition categories: location, beginning, origin, root, rootage, source
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
Definition categories: state, environment
8. a social unit living together
- the teacher asked how many people made up his home
Similar word(s): family, house, household, menage
Definition categories: group, unit
9. an institution where people are cared for
- a home for the elderly
Definition categories: man–made, institution
Sentences with home as a noun:
- a home for outcasts; a home for the blind; a veterans' home
- the home of the pine
- The object of Sorry! is to get all four of your pawns to your home.
verb
1. provide with, or send to, a home
Definition categories: social, domiciliate, house
2. return home accurately from a long distance
Definition categories: motion, return
Sentences with home as a verb:
- The missile was able to home in on the target.