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From Middle English hom < Old English hām < Proto-Germanic *heimaz < Proto-Indo-European *tkoi-, an o-grade variant of *tkei-. Cognate with German Heim, Swedish hem, Dutch heem and heim-, and the place-name segment -ham (village).

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Singular
home

Plural
homes

home (plural homes)

  1. One’s own dwelling place; the house or structure in which one lives; especially 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.John Dryden.
    Home! home! sweet, sweet home! There’s no place like home.John Howard Payne.
  2. One’s native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one’s ancestors dwell or dwelt.
    Our old home England.Nathaniel Hawthorne.
  3. The place where a person was raised. Childhood or parental home. Home of one’s parents or guardian.
    I left home last year.
  4. 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.George Gordon Byron.
  5. The locality where a thing is usually found, or was first found, or where it is naturally abundant; habitat; seat.
    the home of the pine.
    Her eyes are homes of silent prayer.Alfred Tennyson.
    Flandria, by plenty made the home of war.Matthew Prior.
  6. A place of refuge and rest; an asylum; as, a home for outcasts; a home for the blind; hence, especially, 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.
  7. (gaming) In various games, the ultimate point aimed at in a progress; the goal.
  8. (baseball) Home plate.
  9. (lacrosse) The place of a player in front of an opponent’s goal; also, the player.
  10. (Internet) The landing page of a website; the site's home page

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Infinitive
to home

Third person singular
homes

Simple past
homed

Past participle
homed

Present participle
homing

to home (third-person singular simple present homes, present participle homing, simple past and past participle homed)

  1. (usually with "in on") To seek or aim for something.
    The missile was able to home on the target.

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home (not comparable)

Positive
home

Comparative
not comparable

Superlative
none (absolute)

  1. Of or pertaining to one’s dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts.
  2. Close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust.

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home (not comparable)

Positive
home

Comparative
not comparable

Superlative
none (absolute)

  1. To one’s home or country; as in the phrases, go home, come home, carry home.
  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. To the place where it belongs; to the end of a course; to the full length.
    to drive a nail home
    to ram a cartridge home
    Wear thy good rapier bare and put it home. —Shak.
  4. (British, soccer) Into the goal.
    • 2004, Tottenham 4-4 Leicester, BBC Sport: February,
      Walker was penalised for a picking up a Gerry Taggart backpass and from the resulting free-kick, Keane fired home after Johnnie Jackson's initial effort was blocked.

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  • Home is often used in the formation of compound words, many of which need no special definition; as, home-brewed, home-built, home-grown, etc.

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From Latin homō (human being).

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home m. (plural homes)

  1. man
  2. husband

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From homo.

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home

  1. humanly

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(index ho)

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  • IPA: [ˈho̞me̞ˣ], X-SAMPA: ["home(?)]
  • Hyphenation: ho‧me
  • Rhymes: -e

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home

  1. mildew, mould

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From Latin homo

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home m. (plural homes)

  1. human
  2. man
  3. spouse

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home

  1. man! Expresses surprise.

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English home

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home f. inv.

  1. home (initial position of various computing objects)
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